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FDA's Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNPV) Pilot Program Overview

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.

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Clinical Research Solutions

Words, Words, Words: The Importance of Diction in Regulatory Submissions

In continuation of its series of guidances on electronic submissions, FDA recently released a guidance for receipt dates of electronic submissions which emphasizes one important fact: word choice...

Clinical Research Solutions

Computer System Validation: Resolutions for the New Year

How are you doing with those New Years’ resolutions? Whether or not you’re a resolution maker (or breaker), you can use this time of year to take stock of where things stand, including your validated...

Clinical Research Solutions

Impact of Wavelength Accuracy and Precision on Spectrophotometric Measurements

Impact of Wavelength Accuracy and Precision on Spectrophotometric Measurements: A while back I was involved in a Quality Assurance project reviewing calibration specifications for analytical...

Quality & Compliance

Formulation and Process Development: Gate 6 of the Nine Gate Transfer Process for Moving Production

Today, we are continuing our blog series on the Nine Gate Transfer Process for Moving Production from Site to Site, with Gate 6: Formulation and Process Development. If you have missed any previous...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Revisits the Topic of INDs for Dietary Supplements

One of the fundamental disconnects in the dietary supplement world is that despite the fact that manufacturers of dietary supplements are not allowed to make claims regarding effects on diseases,...

Clinical Research Solutions

U.S. Attorneys Send Strong Message that a Company’s Response to a Compliance Issue is Key Element of an Effective Compliance Program

A common theme among the government enforcers speaking at last week’s Pharmaceutical Compliance Congress (PCC) was the importance of putting in place an effective corporate compliance program to...

Clinical Research Solutions

What’s the Skinny on Dietary Supplements?

One doesn’t have to spend much time in a pharmacy, grocery store or even a typical American house to see that dietary supplements have found a place in people’s lives. In fact, roughly 54% of U.S....

Clinical Research Solutions

GMP Documentation: Gate Five of the Nine Gate Transfer Process for Moving Production

Today we’re back with the next step in the Nine Gate Transfer Process for Moving Production from site to site. So far we’ve covered the first four gates, which you can review in our last blog post....

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Issues a Reminder on Excipients in Dietary Supplements

In the new guidance on substances that can be added to foods, including beverages and dietary supplements, the FDA reminds manufacturers that the excipients added to oral dosage forms of these...

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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