Quality & Compliance
Agency Alerts
June 23, 2016
FDA Issues Draft Guidance On Quality Attributes to Consider When Developing Chewable Tablets, Part Two: FDA’s Recommendations
Additional information on FDA’s draft guidance is available in our preceding FDA News article, entitled “FDA Issues Draft Guidance On Quality Attributes to Consider When Developing Chewable Tablets,...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
June 22, 2016
FDA Issues Draft Guidance On Quality Attributes to Consider When Developing Chewable Tablets, Part One: Introduction & Overview
On Thursday, June 17th the FDA issued a draft guidance entitled “Quality Attribute Considerations for Chewable Tablets.” The document “describes the critical quality attributes that should be...
Quality & Compliance
GMP
June 15, 2016
FDA Releases Guidance on Nonclinical Studies for Osteoporosis Drugs
On June 13, FDA released a new pharmacology/toxicology guidance providing guidance on nonclinical studies to support the approval of drugs intended for the treatment of osteoporosis. This guidance...
Quality & Compliance
Agency Alerts
October 27, 2015
House Committee Releases Draft Discussion Bill Regarding FDA's Regulations of In Vitro Clinical Testing
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, the House of Representatives’ Energy & Commerce Committee will hold a hearing entitled, “Examining the Regulation of Diagnostic Tests and Laboratory Operations.” The...
Quality & Compliance
Agency Alerts
September 9, 2015
FDA Guidance: Design & Analysis of Shedding Studies During Preclinical & Clinical Development
Recently, FDA published a guidance (entitled “Design and Analysis of Shedding Studies for Virus or Bacteria-Based Gene Therapy and Oncolytic Products”) providing sponsors with recommendations on how...
Quality & Compliance
GCP
March 26, 2015
Learn Your Lessons Well: How Regulatory Strategies and Clinical Trial Design Affect Approvability
A recent analysis by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development places the price tag of bringing a new drug to market at around $2.6 billion. The reason for this is simple: failure. Drugs...
Quality & Compliance
GCP
August 21, 2014
FDA Updates Informed Consent Guidance
FDA recently updated its informed consent guidance in the form of an Information Sheet. The new document reflects the Agency’s current thinking on the informed consent process utilized in...
Quality & Compliance
GCP
February 6, 2014
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,...