A new FDA designation process for “breakthrough” drugs is one of the few “innovation” features of the FDA Safety & Innovation Act. It is likely to be very attractive to biotech sponsors, though its impact on actual product approvals is uncertain at best. The real “breakthrough,” though, may be in the collaborative model that led to the legislation – and that is an important message for sponsors hoping for bigger reforms ahead.
If you are looking for the “Innovation” piece of the FDA Safety & Innovation Act, one section of the new law jumps out: Section 902 – “Breakthrough Therapies.”
The provision creates a new section of the FD&C Act, and inserts it directly before the “Fast Track” and Accelerated...
The Health and Human Services Secretary made incorrect statements about the status of key industry priorities at a recent House hearing, which actually may be a good thing for drug sponsors.
HHS and its agencies violated the law by swiftly implementing “sweeping and poorly thought-through directives that ordered the bulk removal of healthcare resources,” including FDA draft guidances on diversity action plans and sex differences in clinical trials, a federal court said.
Industry associations EFPIA, EUCOPE and EURORDIS have praised the European Commission’s newly launched life sciences strategy, which will see investment funnelled into improving the clinical trial ecosystem and supporting advanced therapy development.
