Companies in the life sciences and health care industry, like most companies, navigated unparalleled challenges in 2020. But unlike other industries, they had to do so while simultaneously facing the biggest challenge of all...more
On April 8, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) issued guidance discussing how HHS human subjects protection regulations....more
On Wednesday, March 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the guidance “Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic."...more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the 2019 novel coronavirus is a “global pandemic” and President Trump has declared a national emergency as the impact of the virus on all aspects of daily life continues...more
3/17/2020
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On October 12, FDA published guidance for sponsors, investigators, and IRBs titled “Impact of Certain Provisions of the Revised Common Rule on FDA-Regulated Clinical Investigations.” ...more
On May 17, HHS’s Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) and FDA issued a joint, final guidance on written procedures for institutional review boards (IRBs). ...more
5/25/2018
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Ongoing Effort to Harmonize Human Subject Research Regulations The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), both part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...more
10/5/2017
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The Common Rule
On July 25, 2017, FDA issued a guidance document describing under what circumstances IRBs may now approve consent procedures that waive or alter some or all of the elements of informed consent as set forth in FDA’s informed...more
On 18 January 2017, as one of the last actions of the outgoing Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies (the Agencies) issued a final rule overhauling the...more
2/13/2017
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The Common Rule