US FDA Considers Making More Guidance Final Without Public Comment

Increased use of the ‘immediate implementation’ provision in the agency’s Good Guidance Practices could help reduce stakeholder uncertainty.

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To use the ‘immediately implementation’ provision, public comment has to be deemed not feasible or inappropriate. • Source: Shutterstock

Sponsors and stakeholders soon could see more new US Food and Drug Administration guidances that skip the public comment process prior to their finalization in an effort to speed publication of agency thinking.

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