The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Office of Human Research protections (OHRP) released draft guidance titled, “Considerations for Including Tissue Biopsies in Clinical Trials.” Although non-binding, the...more
What Are ADCs and Why Are They Growing?
Over the past few years economic headwinds have resulted in fewer deals, with companies and private equity firms alike reassessing where to spend money. But one portion of the...more
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are a class of small molecule drugs (also known as a payload) and an antibody conjugated together by a chemical linker. ADCs are designed to target specific cells, such as cancer cells, while...more
This is the fifth edition of our blog series on decentralized clinical trials DCTs. Click here to explore the series.
The COVID-19 Pandemic required the health care industry to adapt to accommodate remote patient care,...more
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in collaboration other agencies, recently published draft guidance (Guidance) on effectively presenting key information regarding informed consent in FDA-regulated clinical...more
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In February 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published its finalized guidance concerning its investigational drug charging regulations (found at 21 C.F.R. § 312.8). These regulations are applicable to...more
In a recent Advisory Opinion No. 23-11 (Advisory Opinion), the Office of Inspector General (OIG) opined that it will not impose administrative sanctions against a clinical trial sponsor covering up to $2,000 of a clinical...more
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The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued final guidance (Final Guidance) regarding informed consent titled “Informed Consent: Guidance for Institutional Review Boards, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors” on August...more
In the third edition of our blog series on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), we address U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expectations of Sponsors with respect to DTCs as articulated in the recently released draft...more
In the second edition of our blog series on decentralized clinical trials (DCTs), we address U.S. Food and Drug Administrations’ (FDA) expectations of investigators articulated in the recently released draft guidance....more
On June 26, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its first draft guidance entitled Psychedelic Drugs: Considerations for Clinical Investigations Guidance for Industry (Guidance), which highlights...more
Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) are clinical trials where some or all trial-related activities occur at locations other than traditional clinical trial sites, such as via telemedicine or in a clinical trial participant’s...more
On May 2, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released Draft Guidance regarding the implementation of Decentralized Clinical Trials (DCTs) for drugs, biological products, and devices. DCTs are clinical trials...more
On March 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a framework to guide regulatory decision-making on the use of digital health technologies (DHT) in clinical drug trials.
DHTs include a wide array of...more
Although use of telehealth in clinical trials is not new, the modality was not popularized until social distancing efforts brought about by COVID-19 forced the issue.
Companies interested in providing clinical trial...more
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued draft guidance regarding the use of digital health technology (DHT) for the remote acquisition of clinical trial data.
DHT can take the form of hardware and...more
On April 27, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a notice of noncompliance to Acceleron Pharma (Acceleron), accusing the company of failing to post clinical trial summary results on its cancer combination...more
In a final rule published on January 19, 2017, HHS and several federal departments and agencies made revisions to the Common Rule, the federal policy for the protection of human subjects applicable to human subject research...more