Clinical Trials
Pink Sheet reporter and editors discuss the new clinical trial requirements that the FDA announced for COVID-19 vaccines, the updated label for Novavax’s newly approved COVID-19 vaccine, and other vaccine-related events that were part of a busy week for policy in the sector.
The International Council for Harmonisation has identified four new topics that can benefit from global regulatory alignment, with timelines for initiating work to be determined later.
ISRCTN’s systems are being redesigned to facilitate compliance with upcoming requirements in the UK’s clinical trials legislation.
The Health and Human Services secretary told a Senate appropriations subcommittee that placebo-controlled trials may not be necessary to ensure vaccine safety as the FDA released a framework requiring them for COVID-19 vaccines.