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Breaking the Chains of Project Management Dysfunction
Right now, you are sitting in front of your computer and wondering how, based on current project status, you will achieve your remaining project goals for the year or achieve those planned for the new year.
In 2017, R&D investments in the pharmaceutical space reached more than $70 billion, with projected figures of over $200 billion by 2024. Pharma is one of the two sectors with semiconductors that are...
FDA Guidance for Non-COVID-19 Related Clinical Trials During the Pandemic
In March 2020, the FDA published a guidance entitled “Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency - Guidance for Industry, Investigators, and Institutional...
FDA Works to Accelerate the Development of COVID-19 Treatments with New Guidance Documents
On Monday, May 11th, the FDA issued two guidance documents regarding the development of products indicated for the treatment and/or prevention of COVID-19. With these documents, the Agency intends to...
How Coronavirus Brings Forward New Technologies: The Future of Remote CSV
Is remote Computerized Systems Validation the future standard? Crises are fertile ground for inspiration and creativity resulting in practical new ideas for the near future, as is the case during the...
Clinical Trials in the Midst of COVID-19, Part One: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
Disclaimer As of April 23, 2020 Each health authority within the EU has information regarding COVID-19 (coronavirus) on its website. In this blog we will try to guide you through some of these...
FDA Emergency Use Authorizations 101: COVID-19 Medical Devices
Everything You Need to Know About Emergency Use Authorizations for Medical Devices to Test and Diagnose COVID-19 In early February, the Secretary of HHS declared that the circumstances presented from...
Questions to Ask Before Implementing Data Standards in Science
In order to optimize the storage and reuse of data within your organization, we recommend that you consider implementing data standards throughout your business. In our previous blog post "An...
Spending on prescription drugs in the United States is expected to reach $600 billion by 2023. The continuously increasing need for pharmaceuticals is mostly driven by an aging population, a rise in...
EMA Extends Due Date for Nitrosamines Impurities Risk Assessment Due to COVID-19
EMA has extended the deadline to assess the risk of nitrosamine impurities to 31 March 2021. This decision was made based on the reports of the challenges encountered in meeting the original deadline...
In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...
Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals
Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...
Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector offer a range of services to help patients start and adhere to their therapies, including Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), patient...
What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...
Compiling and submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) submission is a complicated and intensive activity. Once you have submitted your application to FDA, you may be curious about what can you expect...
Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products
This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...