Advarra

AUGUST 10, 2023

Rapid growth in gene therapy is expected to receive additional support as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) prepares to launch Operation Warp Speed for Rare Diseases. Operation Warp Speed for Rare Diseases looks to accelerate both drug development and approval.

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Cytel

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Data is the cornerstone of any clinical trial, driving the decision-making process of drug development, and is a fundamental requirement for approval of new therapies by regulatory agencies like the FDA or EMA.

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Cytel

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Speakers discussed investigator, regulatory (FDA), industry, and patient perspectives during the special symposium “Challenging the Status Quo of Early Phase Clinical Trial Design: Project Optimus.” To address this challenge, the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence initiated Project Optimus.

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Cytel

JUNE 20, 2023

Legislation on pediatric studies has existed for more than 20 years in the US, yet additional guidance from the FDA has been relatively scarce. How might this affect pediatric drug development?

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Alta Sciences

JULY 22, 2024

Insights in FIH studies provide valuable information on potential dosing, efficacy, and safety, and serve as a good guide for the regulatory requirements needed throughout clinical development. jpg Tags Clinical Trials Weight 1

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

JUNE 12, 2024

We are looking forward to seeing the START pilot program chart a path for a broader application of this more enhanced communication approach and FDA’s continued collaboration to facilitate development of new drugs for rare diseases, as we know there are many programs that would benefit from this approach, not just those included in the pilot.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Washington Nationals won the World Series, Presidential administrations have come and gone, and FDA has added new meeting types and formats to its menu. And so, FDA has issued a new draft guidance to bring everyone up to speed on formal meetings under PDUFA. Tobolowsky — Much has changed since the long-gone days of 2017.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Far from just an outline of the work completed by Consortium members to date, the Playbook is a thoughtfully organized “how-to-guide” which walks readers through some of the major milestones of early clinical development in just over one hundred pages.

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Alta Sciences

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

MARCH 7, 2024

Clissold — The trio of CDER, CBER, and CDRH released a new draft guidance titled “ Use of Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials ” that revises the 2006 guidance “Establishment and Operation of Clinical Trial Data Monitoring Committees” and, when final, will replace the 2006 guidance.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

MARCH 7, 2024

When conducting first-in-human (FIH) clinical trials, small to midsize pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are faced with several crucial choices that can shape the trajectory of their drug development pathway. The post Navigating the Global Clinical Landscape: CTA or IND for Your First-in-Human Study?

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of LX9211 in diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain. The FDA’s Fast Track designation of LX9211 reflects the serious unmet medical need of people suffering from diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain,” said Praveen Tyle, Ph.D., THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Dec.

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KIF1A

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Read the Guide FDA Launches Pilot Program to Help Further Accelerate Development of Rare Disease Therapies One frustrating aspect of traditional drug development, especially for rare disease communities, is the tempo of regulatory decisions on potential drugs.

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Alta Sciences

MARCH 21, 2024

Watch Now The Altascientist: Central Nervous System Early-phase development of CNS-acting drugs is a complex, challenging undertaking. Watch Now The Altascientist: Central Nervous System Early-phase development of CNS-acting drugs is a complex, challenging undertaking.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sasinowski — This time last year, we wrote about a long-overlooked FDA statutory authority and wondered if this provision, known colloquially as the “single study plus confirmatory evidence” pathway, was having a moment (previous post here ).

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The Pharma Data

MAY 31, 2022

FDA accepts Dupixent ® (dupilumab) for priority review in adult s with prurigo nodularis. The target action date for the FDA decision is September 30, 2022. The FDA grants priority review to therapies that have the potential to provide significant improvements in the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of serious conditions.

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Fierce BioTech

APRIL 10, 2024

Staquicini, PhD Duration 60 minutes Assessment of antibody off-target reactivity is a regulatory requirement for clinical development. Redefining Antibody Specificity Profiling for IND swheeler Wed, 04/10/2024 - 17:56 Thu, 06/06/2024 - 11:00 Resource Type Webinar Kris Raghavan, PhD Fernanda I.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 13, 2021

14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — MindMed (NEO: MMED), (OTCQB: MMEDF), (DE: MMQ), a leading psychedelic medicine biotech company today announced the addition of Robert Barrow , an accomplished pharmaceutical executive, as Chief Development Officer. We are excited to attract such top tier talent from the psychedelic drug development community.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

JUNE 13, 2024

The FDA Oncology Center of Excellence (OCE) is committed to further enhancing oncology research and as a result, has recently implemented several projects aimed to revolutionize oncology clinical trials. However, Project Optimus emphasizes the importance of dose-finding studies in early clinical development.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

BY AMANDA CONTI, ALEXANDER GAFFNEY, MS, RAC SEP 18, 2023 9:24 PM CDT Background: FDA’s standards for evidence When seeking approval from the FDA, companies are required to demonstrate that their product is safe and effective when used as intended. In one landmark case, Warner-Lambert Co.

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Agency IQ

APRIL 12, 2024

Draft guidance on potency assays for CGT products garners extensive stakeholder input Late last year, the FDA published a draft update to its 2011 guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products, unveiling a major shift in approach to the issue. This is a question that sponsors have been struggling with for quite some time.

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Advarra

APRIL 4, 2024

As the board becomes familiar with the company’s protocols and reporting mechanisms, discussions can be more focused, potentially accelerating the pace of clinical development. Recent FDA Draft Guidance The importance of continuity in data monitoring is underscored by the 2024 FDA draft guidance on DMCs.

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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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JULY 8, 2024

With radiopharmaceuticals emerging as a diagnostic and therapeutic (theranostics) procedure, many are in the clinical development pipeline and are expected to play a crucial role in the future of healthcare. The goal is to deliver a precise radiation dose to the diseased tissues while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

JANUARY 4, 2023

The purpose of these town halls are to discuss topics related to OTAT-regulated products, engage with product development stakeholders, and to provide information to help stakeholders to help advance drug development. The Agency repeatedly stated and strongly recommends sponsors engage with FDA prior to submitting the IND.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The FDA and oncology: 2023 year in review As we round the corner into the last few weeks of 2023, AgencyIQ has taken a look back at a very busy year for the FDA’s oncology staff, and for sponsors. Since its inception, OCE has initiated an extensive list of initiatives and has taken the lead on over forty guidances published by FDA.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation to its clinical candidate, LB-001 for the treatment methylmalonic acidemia (MMA). The FDA’s Fast Track designation is a process designed to expedite or facilitate the review of product candidates to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 26, 2023

While the pilot has been in development for a while, the move comes as the FDA is looking towards a broader shift in its approach to LDTs. Further, footnote 7 in the document explains: “Examples of such clinical laboratory tests are commonly used and well understood biochemical assays (e.g.,

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

During clinical development, new chemical entities (NCEs) require an absorption, metabolism, and excretion (AME) study. The post Why Proactive AME Studies are Critical to Accelerating Your Approval Journey appeared first on Worldwide Clinical Trials.

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JULY 8, 2021

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated label for ADUHELM (aducanumab-avwa) injection 100 mg/mL solution. The update includes an addition to the Indications and Usage section of the label (Section 1) to emphasize the disease stages studied in the clinical trials, as seen below ( italics to note updated language).

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 8, 2024

We are at the forefront of drug development in an area of research called cellular rejuvenation, which is an approach that has the potential to address many diseases of ageing by restoring aged and injured cells to a more youthful and resilient state. About the author Jerry McLaughlin CEO, Life Biosciences, Inc.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track designation for the Company’s experimental gene therapy program, PR001, for the treatment of neuronopathic Gaucher disease (nGD). In addition, the FDA has granted Fast Track designation for PR001 for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease with GBA1 mutations.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 10, 2021

(Nasdaq:IDYA), an oncology-focused precision medicine company committed to the discovery and development of targeted therapeutics, today announced it has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S.

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Drug Target Review

MAY 1, 2024

The advent of monoclonal antibodies paired with improvements in each ADC design component has led to the approval of 11 ADCs with more than 180 ADCs currently in clinical development. What specific patient populations are benefiting the most from these developments?

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Lewis, Senior Regulatory Device & Biologics Expert — On October 20, 2023, FDA announced the availability of the final guidance authored by CBER titled “Voluntary Consensus Standards Recognition Program for Regenerative Medicine Therapies.” Existing published VCS may be identified internally by FDA or externally by stakeholders.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 9, 2023

FDA finalizes new guidance on nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity Late last week the FDA released a final guidance document containing recommendations on the nonclinical assessment of potential immunotoxicity for drugs and certain biologics.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

DECEMBER 20, 2023

His presentation covered various aspects of oncology clinical programs, focusing on study design trends, with reference to both the recently implemented FDA Project Optimus guidance and studies we have seen from sponsors.

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