Exercising enforcement discretion concerning the grandfather date for e-cigarettes and other products covered in FDA’s proposed deeming rule would not be the agency’s first use of the enforcement tool in implementing Tobacco Control Act regulations.
The key for currently available electronic cigarettes remaining on the market without FDA clearance after a proposal to regulate the products becomes final could be in whether the agency turns back the calendar to a grandfather date allowed for conventional cigarettes.
FDA’s proposed rule deeming e-cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco to be subject to the agency’s authority would allow the products...
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.
