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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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Outsourcing Functions Doesn't Mean You've Outsourced Compliance Obligations

Over the past 20 years, the traditional approach to drug development has expanded to include the outsourcing of a range of testing and manufacturing functions. As a part of their long-term strategic...

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FDA Announces Plans to Modernize its 510(k) Medical Device Approval Process

On Monday, November 26th, FDA announced changes to modernize the 510(k) clearance pathway, which is the most common medical device submission and allows for the allows for the "clearance of low- to...

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Industry Poll: How Can Your GMP Auditing Program Be Most Improved

Recently, ProPharma conducted a poll to quality professionals across the country to understand the challenges that FDA regulated companies face in managing their GMP auditing programs. As depicted in...

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FDA Takes Steps to Promote Digital Tools for Prescription Drugs

On Tuesday, November 20th, FDA announced the establishment of a public docket to solicit comments and feedback on a proposed framework regarding the regulation of prescription drug-use-related...

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FDA to Modify Informed Consent Rules, Seeks Feedback

On Tuesday, November 13th, FDA proposed to add an exception to its informed consent requirements for minimal risk FDA-regulated clinical investigations. Under the Agency’s current regulations,...

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The Important Role of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products

Increasing safe and effective patient treatment opportunities for the future is one of the driving forces behind ProPharma Group’s business. It’s also the driving force behind why many individuals...

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FDA Approves New Opioid Despite Controversy

On Friday, November 2nd, FDA announced its approval of Dsuvia™, a highly potent synthetic opioid manufactured by AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The drug is a sublingual (under the tongue) formulation...

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FDA Seeks Feedback on Surrogate Endpoint Table

On December 13, 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law with the intention of speeding FDA’s approval time for drugs and medical devices. When signed, the Cures Act increased FDA’s...

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FDA Encourages Development of Novel Drugs for Rare Diseases with Draft Guidance Regarding the Role of Pre-IND Meetings

On Monday, October 12th, FDA issued a draft guidance regarding the role of Pre-IND Meetings in the development of drugs to treat rare diseases. The document, entitled "Rare Diseases: Early Drug...

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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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