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FDA GMP “Surveillance” Will Link Quality, Compliance Information To Inspections

 
• By Derrick Gingery

CDER’s Woodcock says the new database will drive risk-based inspection decisions.

FDA’s risk-based regulatory framework soon will include an internal database that will link all facility data and compliance history in one place, a tool that should improve and streamline its risk-based inspection system.

Industry also appears to be nearing a consensus on the quality metrics that it would like FDA to use to help judge whether facilities should be

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Medicare Negotiation Does Not Violate Due Process, Appeals Court Rules, Other Suits At Risk

 
• By Cathy Kelly

Decision in AstraZeneca’s lawsuit against the Health and Human Services Department is a precedent-setting victory for the government and a blow to manufacturer efforts to block the price negotiation program.

Keep Talking: US FDA’s Beleagured Biologics Center Remains Vital To Regenerative Medicine

 
• By Bridget Silverman

Advisory committee for Capricor’s deriamocel planned, regenerative medicine advanced therapy designations proliferate for osteoarthritis, and the ranks of dual RMAT/breakthrough therapy designation holders grow.

Pink Sheet Podcast: A New Director For US FDA’s Biologics Center, Guidance Production Slowdowns

 
• By Derrick Gingery, Sue Sutter, and Nielsen Hobbs

Pink Sheet editors discuss the appointment of Vinay Prasad as the new director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and revelations that FDA layoffs now are hindering development of guidance documents.

US FDA Restoring Some Library Resources

 
• By Sue Sutter and Derrick Gingery

Agency staff once again have access to the Lexis-Nexis legal and news database, but are still waiting for access to journals, and laid off librarians have not been reinstated.

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Recent and Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meetings

 
• By Sue Sutter

Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.

Most Favored Nation Pricing Policy Floated In Medicaid, Coming Back To Medicare?

 
• By Cathy Kelly

President Trump's ongoing interest in the policy, which would ensure the US government pays no more for prescription drugs than the lowest price available in comparable countries, continues to gain attention.

US FDA Advisory Committee Misperceptions Abound … At HHS

 
• By Michael McCaughan

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regularly decries the “conflicts of interest” he believes abound in advisory committees, but his concerns, as well as a recent “policy directive” eliminating industry representatives, seem driven by a misunderstanding of the panels’ jobs.