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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

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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Why Including Patients in FDA Engagement Will Benefit Your Trial

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Patients are the backbone of clinical trials, playing an essential role in the drug development process. However, patients also play a vital role in engaging directly with the FDA. It also means sponsors are less likely to waste time and resources developing programs that don’t work for patients.”

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Harnessing AI and Real-World Data: The Future of Clinical Development

PPD

Real-world data paired with machine learning is a game changer in drug development RWD is becoming increasingly important in influencing the drug development landscape, particularly when used to develop the natural history and patient journey through disease. AI has the potential to disrupt the entire clinical trial process.

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Accelerated Approval and Confirmatory Trials: Timing is Everything

The Premier Consulting Blog

The FDA defines a serious condition as “a disease or condition associated with morbidity that has a substantial impact on day-to-day functioning.” Concerns have arisen over delays—sometimes spanning over 7–8 years—that may expose patients to risks before confirmatory trials are completed.

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Cognitive and Pharmacodynamic Testing in CNS First-In-Human Trials

Alta Sciences

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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News from ESMO: Challenging the Status Quo of Early Phase Clinical Trial Design — Moving from “Why” to “How”

Cytel

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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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

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.