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Digital Transformation in Life Sciences: The Importance of Data Strategy

What is Digital Transformation?

While there are many different definitions of digital transformation in life sciences, the core concepts they all have in common are digital technology and creating new, or modifying existing, ways of working. The underlying business driver is that digital...

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The Importance of Pharmacovigilance for Labs

Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a significant cause of deaths and emergency hospital visits. The good news is that monitoring and understanding ADRs can help minimize and even prevent such events...

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Just How Mature Is Your Data Lifecycle / Data Management Function?

The attention of regulatory agencies continues to focus on data integrity, as observed by the increase of FDA observations over the course of the last few years. Having a proper data lifecycle / data...

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Only 12% of Generic Drugs Reviewed Were Approved in the 1st Review Cycle, says GAO Report

On August 7th, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published its report on generic drug applications. In the report, GAO comments on the number of products approved on the first review...

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FDA Monographs and Current Regulations for Sunscreen Products

Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are defined by the FDA as drugs that are safe and effective for use by the general public without seeking treatment by a health professional. Currently, there are more...

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Get the Most Out of Your GMP Effectiveness Checks

Get the Most Out of Your GMP Effectiveness Checks: We work in a highly regulated industry. Whether you are associated with the manufacturing of a drug, a biologic, or a device, you understand the...

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FDA Finalizes Guidance on Premarket Tobacco Product Applications for E-Cigarettes

On, Tuesday, June 11th, 2019, the FDA issued a final guidance document entitled “Premarket Tobacco Product Applications for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems.” The guidance was published less than...

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Improvements Are Coming to the Inactive Ingredient Database (IID)

In a new draft guidance released by the FDA on July 11th, the promise was made for access to quantitative data on maximum daily exposure levels (MDEs) of excipients by October 1, 2020. This will go a...

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Gene and Cellular Therapies: Five Keys to Regulatory Success

We are living through a medical revolution. Advances in gene therapy, cell‑based therapies and tissue engineering offer real hope for patients with a range of debilitating diseases. The FDA, EMA and...

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Deviations: Beyond the Basics

Deviations: Beyond the Basics: There are plenty of guidelines and instructions on implementing a deviation system in a pharmaceutical/medical device company. However, there is a big difference...

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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...

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FDA’s Expedited Programs Explained

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...

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A Guide to the Clinical Study Report

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...

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Medical Information

What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...

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How Important is Biostatistics?

The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...

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Regulatory Sciences

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...

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