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Advances in AI for Digital Transformation: Insights from BioIT World 2025

While AI has been topping the agenda at most industry events for several years now, the progression from futuristic vision to nearly commodity capability was particularly apparent at BioIT World 2025. With four conference tracks focused on different types of AI and specialist exhibitors such as...

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7 Things to Consider in Medicinal Cannabis Development

Mention the word cannabis and the confusion starts; legal or illegal, nutraceutical or medicinal product, psychoactive or non-psychoactive, clinically significant or not. At the same time, the...

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FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Advance Development of Combination Products

On Tuesday, February 5th, FDA published a draft guidance explaining the principles for premarket review of combination products, including how to determine which type of premarket submission is...

Regulatory Sciences

FDA Draft Guidance on Tentatively Approved ANDA Submissions

On Wednesday, January 16th, the FDA published its first draft guidance since the partial government shutdown took effect on December 22, 2018. The draft guidance, entitled "ANDA Submissions –...

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Year in Review: Taking a Look at Pharma's Top News Stories & Events from 2018

From FDA's approval of the first cannabis-based product in the U.S., to the classification of two Apple Watch apps and changes in the Agency's submission requirements related to Sponsor meetings,...

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Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Hypothesis Test

Innocent Until Proven Guilty: Hypothesis Test: Each of us makes important decisions that shape our lives, every day. We try to make the best decisions possible and yet, as the adage goes “all...

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Outsourcing Functions Doesn't Mean You've Outsourced Compliance Obligations

Over the past 20 years, the traditional approach to drug development has expanded to include the outsourcing of a range of testing and manufacturing functions. As a part of their long-term strategic...

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Industry Poll: How Can Your GMP Auditing Program Be Most Improved

Recently, ProPharma conducted a poll to quality professionals across the country to understand the challenges that FDA regulated companies face in managing their GMP auditing programs. As depicted in...

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The Important Role of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

Increasing safe and effective patient treatment opportunities for the future is one of the driving forces behind ProPharma Group’s business. It’s also the driving force behind why many individuals...

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Human Subject Protection Regulations: Differences Between HHS’ & FDA’s Clinical Trial Rules

On Friday, October 12th, FDA issued a guidance document entitled “Impact of Certain Provisions of the Revised Common Rule on FDA-Regulated Clinical Investigations.” The document aims to help...

Regulatory Sciences

What to Expect During the NDA Review Process

Compiling and submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) submission is a complicated and intensive activity. Once you have submitted your application to FDA, you may be curious about what can you expect...

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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...

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What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs)  in the pharmaceutical sector offer a range of services to help patients start and adhere to their therapies, including Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), patient...

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Regulatory Sciences

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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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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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...

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