As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. ...more
Join us in Miami, Florida, for an engaging and exciting seminar that will address some of medicine’s most relevant and controversial issues. Topics include: a maternal fetal medicine and pediatric neurology “blockbuster”...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two new draft guidance documents on pediatric drug development and exclusivity, most notably clarifying that, under a new proposed policy that would come into play upon...more
Sunday, February 28, 2021, was Rare Disease Day. With so much focus on COVID-19 throughout 2020, it’s important to recognize the continued work done in rare disease drug development by sponsors and FDA throughout 2020. In...more
On January 8, 2021, the Department of Justice announced that a Miami, Florida pediatrician pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in connection with a clinical research study of an asthma medication for children. ...more
Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 12 (December 2020) - Finalizing a document issued last year, on Nov. 9 the Food and Drug Administration issued “Enhancing the Diversity of Clinical Trial Populations—Eligibility...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s six-month pediatric exclusivity rules that apply to drugs also largely apply to biologics (albeit with certain distinctions), which may become a valuable life cycle management strategy...more
Requirement for a Pediatric Clinical Investigation - Starting on August 18, 2020, any drug company submitting an original application for a first-to-be approved or licensed cancer drug that: - is indicated for an adult...more
The EMA Good Pharmacovigilance Practices consist of several chapters of the Notice to Applicants that are regularly updated. A new GVP Considerations Chapter (IV) regarding specific considerations for the paediatric...more
New guidance intends to limit product sponsors’ exclusions from the requirement to study pharmaceuticals in pediatric patients. On December 20, 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued draft...more
Well, the other Boss, Bruce Springsteen, not FDA, used those words. When FDA said essentially the same thing less lyrically, but with better grammar, Amgen initiated a lawsuit on May 25, 2017, over an infrequently litigated...more
The 21st Century Cures Act (Act), enacted in December 2016, has received widespread coverage for funding biomedical research and streamlining the drug approval process. The Act also includes the Helping Families in Mental...more