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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

The Clinical Trials Grants Program provides funding for clinical trials that evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for rare diseases to help move promising treatments through clinical development. The rest of this blog will focus on the Clinical Trials Grants Program.

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Guest blog: Lessons Learned from Misadventure – Kristen Hege

Plenge Gen

As a post-doc and, eventually, head of clinical development at a now defunct Bay Area biotech company in the 1990’s, she did research on genetically engineered T cells and hematopoietic stem cells to redirect the immune system to specifically target and kill cancer and HIV-infected cells.

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CMC Content for Global Clinical Development of Pharmaceuticals

The Premier Consulting Blog

As clinical development of an investigational product proceeds, Sponsors often conduct global clinical trials which require preparation of content to support dossiers in multiple geographies, meeting the regulatory requirements of each region. QOS – optional Module 3.2.S QOS – optional Module 3.2.S

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FDA Sets a Recommended Framework for Predicting the Mutagenic and Carcinogenic Potential of Nitrosamine Drug Substance-Related Impurities

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

The Guidance, which provides details about nitrosamines and FDA’s experience regulating them, explicitly applies to all finished drug products (including Rx, OTC, and unauthorized drugs), to “prescription and OTC drug products in clinical development,” and to both API and drug manufacturers. An earlier FDA guidance, revised in 2021.

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Webinar: Assessing Cognition Impairment Using Driving Simulators in Clinical Trials

Alta Sciences

The FDA guidance, Evaluating Drug Effects on the Ability to Operate a Motor Vehicle , indicates that testing in early-phase clinical development should emphasize sensitivity over specificity in CNS effects. View the Driving Simulation Fact Sheet for more information.

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Planning Strategies for Externally Controlled Trials: Insights from ISPOR US 2024

Cytel

In a previous blog , our experts took a deep dive into the concept of ECAs, their acceptable use cases, and the current regulatory guidance. In this blog, we ask Evie follow-up questions, highlighting insights from their ISPOR HEOR Theater session.

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

Moreover, DMCs are being used in trials of modest size and in the context of increased globalization of medical product development. The new draft guidance is generally reflective of these developments, and we wanted to highlight several of the changes in this blog post. DMC charters have also grown longer and more detailed.