FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Since 1962, the FD&C Act has authorized FDA to require that sponsors of clinical trials submit data from “preclinical tests (including tests on animals)” in order to demonstrate that their drug is safe enough to advance to testing in humans. The pre-existing statutory language did not require animal testing.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The current landscape of protein drug development is characterised by accelerated timelines where new drugs are approved in months rather than years. Hence, in many cases an earlier IND may be prevented by the timely provision of representative Drug Substance (DS) to execute such toxicology studies.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

President Biden of the United States (US) has recently signed into law the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, which included the FDA Modernization Act 2.0. This act amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), which applies to new drugs, and the Public Health Service Act, which applies to biosimilars.

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