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Guidance for Industry: Policy Regarding N-acetyl-L-cysteine

Guidance Document August 2022 The purpose of this guidance is to advise dietary supplement manufacturers, distributors, and other stakeholders of our intent to exercise enforcement discretion with...

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EMA: Big data use for public health: publication of Big Data Steering Group workplan 2022-25

News July 28, 2022 The Big Data Steering Group set up by EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) has published its third workplan that sets key actions to be delivered between 2022–25. The new...

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FDA announces guidance for industry titled Changes to Disposable Manufacturing Materials: Questions and Answers

Today, FDA is announcing the availability of a level 2 guidance for industry titled, Changes to Disposable Manufacturing Materials: Questions and Answers. FDA receives questions about the limited...

Products Management Services - Implementation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for the identification of medicinal products (IDMP) in Europe Introduction - EU Implemen

The Europe Introduction - EU Implementation Guide has been prepared by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) upon consultation with different stakeholders (representatives of marketing authorisation...

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General Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for Neonatal Studies for Drugs and Biological Products Guidance for Industry

Final Guidance July 2022 This guidance is intended to assist sponsors of investigational new drug applications (INDs) and applicants of new drug applications (NDAs), biologics license applications...

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Cancer Clinical Trial Eligibility Criteria: Available Therapy in Non-Curative Settings

Final Guidance July 2022 This guidance provides recommendations to clinical investigators and sponsors regarding the inclusion of patients who have not received available therapy (commonly referred...

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FDA publishes two final guidances for industry: Orange Book Questions and Answers; Failure to Respond to an ANDA Complete Response Letter Within the Regulatory Timeframe

July 2022 As part of FDA’s continued efforts to improve transparency and provide helpful information to regulated industry and the public, the agency is issuing two final guidances for generic drug...

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EMA ICH M12 on drug interaction studies (Draft Guidance)

Draft Guidance July 2022 This guideline provides recommendation to promote a consistent approach in designing, conducting, and interpreting enzyme- or transporter-mediated in vitro and clinical...

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Human Prescription Drug and Biological Products--Labeling for Dosing Based on Weight or Body Surface Area for Ready-to-Use Containers--“Dose Banding”

Draft Guidance July 2022 This guidance is intended to assist applicants in incorporating dose banding information into the drug labeling provided in a new drug application (NDA) submitted under the...

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FDA’s Expedited Programs Explained

In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...

Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals

Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...

A Guide to the Clinical Study Report

What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...

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How Important is Biostatistics?

The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...

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What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...

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Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products

This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...

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