Inside US FDA’s Return To In-Person Meetings

In an interview, OND Deputy Director of Operations Kevin Bugin describes how FDA might be able to "accelerate" the transition back to in-person meetings if the initial phase with Type A and BPD Type 1 meetings goes well. But there is still no plan to return to in-person advisory committees.

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The FDA will only allow "core participants" with speaking roles to attend hybrid meetings in person. • Source: Shutterstock

Some sponsor meetings with US Food and Drug Administration staff will return to partially face-to-face later this month and if the process moves smoothly, any meeting could be made in-person by the end of the year.

Sponsors had been complaining that their requests for in-person sessions with agency staff, as well as advisory committee meetings, had...

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