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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...

Clinical Research Solutions

The Power to See Differences that Matter

Data collection and analysis is expensive and has the potential to compromise a company’s hard-won compliance position. It is therefore critical that technical leaders follow a systematic and proven...

Clinical Research Solutions

Understanding the New Combination Product PMSR Guidance Documents and Impact on Industry

On March 20, 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released two new guidance documents to help companies comply with the December 20, 2016 final rule establishing postmarketing safety...

Clinical Research Solutions

First Clinical Study Report Data Published for FDA Pilot Project

On Monday, March 19th, the FDA officially began a new Clinical Data Summary Pilot Program. This program is intended to “assess the feasibility of using a different format to provide required...

Clinical Research Solutions

MassBio Annual Meeting: Event Highlights

MassBio is a non-profit organization that represents and provides support for the life sciences supercluster in Massachusetts. MassBio is committed to growing the industry, adding value to...

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FDA Issues Final Rule to Delay Implementing Parts of ‘Intended Use’ Regulation

On Friday, March 16th, the FDA published a notice in the Federal Register, stating that the effective date for the amendments related to intended use would be delayed indefinitely. In the notice, the...

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FDA to Expand Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Addiction

On Saturday, February 24, 2018, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Alex Azar announced that the FDA would be issuing guidance documents regarding expanded access to medication-assisted...

Quality & Compliance

Drug Development: The Key to Success from Concept to Commercialization

Congratulations! You have a lead candidate formulation for your new drug. You might be thinking to yourself, “okay, now what?” We all know the science behind getting to this stage of having multiple...

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FDA’s Final Rule Sets GCP Standards for Medical Device Trials Conducted Outside US

On Wednesday, February 21st, the FDA released a final rule entitled “Human Subject Protection; Acceptance of Data From Clinical Investigations for Medical Devices.” The new rule amends the Agency’s...

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FDA Steps up its Game on Generic Drugs: The Story Behind the Recent Focus on Generic Products

Throughout 2017, the FDA focused its attention on the regulation of generic drug products. In 2015, the Agency issued only two generic-related guidance documents. In 2016, there were seven. In 2017,...

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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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Clinical Research Solutions

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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Clinical Research Solutions

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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