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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.

Clinical Research Solutions

What Should Be on Your Clinical Trial Investigator Site Audit Checklist?

What Should Be on Your Clinical Trial Investigator Site Audit Checklist?: You live and operate in a regulated industry. Obviously, it’s crucial that you stay in compliance during your clinical...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Issues Draft Standardization of Pharmaceutical Quality/Chemistry Manufacturing and Control Data Elements and Terminologies, Requests Comments

On Tuesday, July 11th, FDA released its draft standardized Pharmaceutical Quality/Chemistry Manufacturing and Control (PQ/CMC) data elements and terminologies for the electronic submission of this...

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FDA Approves 1st Drug for Sickle Cell Disease in Nearly 20 Years

On Friday, July 7th, the FDA approved Endari (L-glutamine oral powder) to reduce the complications associated with sickle cell disease in patients age five years and older. What is Sickle Cell...

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How to Write an Effective Quality Investigation Report

In 2016, the FDA issued hundreds of 483 observations across the Drug and Device industries for failing to thoroughly review or investigate issues. This topic consistently hits the top five most...

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Should Data Integrity Detection be a Part of Routine cGMP Training Programs?

The FDA’s focus on data integrity in recent years has proven that it remains an industry issue. The focus has resulted in significantly increased issuance rates of 483 observations, warning letters,...

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Sterility Concerns Cause Voluntary Recall of Various Products: Potassium Phosphate & Succinylchoine Chloride

On June 15, 2017, Hospira Inc. issued a voluntary recall of a number of its products after finding a microbial growth during a routine simulation of the manufacturing process, which represents the...

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FDA to Host Public Workshop to Discuss the Impact of Abuse Deterrent Opioids

On Wednesday, June 14th, the FDA announced plans to host a public workshop regarding the impact of opioid formulations with abuse deterrent properties. The workshop, entitled “Data and Methods for...

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US Opioid Epidemic: FDA Requests the Removal of Opioid from the Market

On Thursday, June 8th, the FDA requested that Endo Pharmaceuticals remove Opana® ER (oxymorphone hydrochloride), an opioid pain medication, from the market. History with FDA The FDA originally...

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FDA Warns OTC Manufacturer After Finding Inaccurate Information in Product Listings

On Thursday, June 1st, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Prestige Brands Holdings, an over-the-counter (OTC) drug manufacturer. PediaCare Children’s Plus Multi-Symptom Cold and PediaCare Children’s...

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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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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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Medical Information

What are Patient Support Programs?

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...

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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...

Regulatory Sciences

What to Expect During the NDA Review Process

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...

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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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