Office of New Drugs director says the agency is seeing more small, inexperienced companies traveling the drug development and approval pathway on their own. However, these firms need more advice from the agency and are all too eager to publicly share their one-sided view about these regulatory interactions.
The growing trend of “emerging sponsors” taking drugs through the development and approval process on their own is creating regulatory and public relations challenges for FDA, according to one of the agency’s senior drug review officials.
Speaking at the FDA/CMS Summit on Dec. 8, Office of New Drugs Director John Jenkins said small and often venture-backed...
US FDA critics have long decried the practice of using informal communications to convey regulatory expectations as podium policy. In the Makary era, the phrase may need to be updated because the agency now seems to be specializing in policy by podcast.
Tala Fakhouri said the agency’s use of the AI tool in the review process has generated lots of questions.
Kumar takes over as acting director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research’s Office of Therapeutic Products days after director Nicole Verdun was ousted.
Recent and upcoming US FDA advisory committee meetings and a summary of the topics covered.
Highlights from Day Four of the BIO International Convention include policy concerns helping constrain dealmaking, Novartis discussing its approach to partnering, and Generate looking for funding to move into Phase III.
The former CDER director said she tells sponsors not to conduct an FDA-recommended study design or randomized trial if it will not work.
Artificial intelligence tools used for clinical research should be developed with input from patients and focus on their needs and abilities, FDA experts said.
