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Racing for Cures: How FDA’s New Pilot Program Will Accelerate Drug Reviews

An inside look at FDA’s new Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) pilot program—what it is, why it matters, and how regulatory and development teams can leverage it to accelerate high-priority therapies.

Quality & Compliance

FDA Audit Preparation 101: How to Prepare and Manage an FDA Inspection

Imagine for a moment that this is your current situation… You receive a frantic call from the receptionist at your facility, an Investigator from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just...

Clinical Research Solutions

Value Found in FDA Warning Letter Reviews

Starting with the issuance of a 483, the stepwise FDA enforcement process can be illustrated as follows: Given the seriousness of a Seizure and Injunction scenario, not to mention potential jail time...

Clinical Research Solutions

Supplier Qualification in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), was signed into law on July 9, 2012. This law significantly expanded the FDA’s authority and strengthened its ability to safeguard...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Inspection? Rely on Your Vendors

If you’ve spent a reasonable amount of time in an FDA-regulated industry, you’ve most likely been part of an FDA inspection. Should you be more fortunate, you have participated directly with the...

Clinical Research Solutions

Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Definitions from FDA's Draft Guidance

Compensating Controls: “A safeguard or countermeasure, external to the device, employed by a user in lieu of, or in the absence of sufficient controls that were designed in by a device manufacturer,...

Clinical Research Solutions

Quality Agreements and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

Over the past several years, outsourcing within the pharmaceutical supply chain has become common. The rise of the “virtual” pharmaceutical company has resulted in a complex supply chain, with the...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Clarifies its Definition of “Convenience Kit”

On January 4, 2016, the FDA published a draft guidance entitled, “Unique Device Identification: Convenience Kits.” The draft guidance comes after the Agency’s 2013 final rule that established a...

Clinical Research Solutions

Obtaining IND-Related Feedback from FDA

What to do if you experience delays in obtaining IND-related feedback from the FDA: In December 2015, the FDA released a draft guidance, which provides IND sponsors with a number of recommendations...

Clinical Research Solutions

Risk-Averse Schedule for Project Management

Is your project schedule ready to pass the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) "litmus test"? Not sure? Well, the Project Management Team at ProPharma is here to lend a helping hand. Below are some...

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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Clinical Research Solutions

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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Medical Information

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...

Clinical Research Solutions

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...

Clinical Research Solutions

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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