FDA could develop more guidance on how sponsors can qualify potential surrogate endpoints.
A clearer and wider path to accelerated approval may come into view after an upcoming public meeting on biomarkers and surrogate endpoint development.
The Sept. 5 event may lead to more guidance on the subject, something industry requested to gain more clarity about...
The FDA recommended sponsors plan ahead for potential issues if overall survival is not feasible as a primary or secondary efficacy endpoint in clinical trials and must be analyzed as a safety outcome.
The CDC’s current shared clinical decision-making recommendation for vaccinating healthy children age six months and older should trigger full coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but is not always happening at pharmacies and doctors’ offices, an Epstein Becker attorney said.
After an Aug. 6 safety labeling change, the FDA became aware of “more compelling evidence” that the risk for serious chikungunya-like illness is not limited to older adults, CBER Director Prasad said.
Generic drug industry representatives applauded the FDA decision to bring back key staff in the Office of Generic Drugs that were laid off earlier this year.
The White House is directing the Health and Human Services Department to replenish stockpiles of active pharmaceutical ingredients for “especially critical” medicines.
Newly implemented IRA provisions may not necessarily lower drug costs for those enrolled in Medicare Part D plans, according to research by the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics.
Lack of awareness is limiting use of guidelines that simplify safety reporting for some late-stage trials, FDA says, while also highlighting wins. Boehringer experienced mixed results, while Novartis, Lilly, and Merck were more successful, and Roche should have probably tried, white paper suggests.
