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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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Clinical Research Solutions

Is Your Laboratory PC Cloned From the Proper Image?

Managing compliance for computerized lab systems includes the PC controlling your qualified instruments. This is an integral audit point that must be maintained to ensure compliance. Ah, but you’re...

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Multi-Regional Clinical Trials 102: Clinical Trial Design & Protocol-Related Issues

Additional information on the guidance document is available in our preceding FDA News article entitled "Multi-Regional Clinical Trials 101: Value, Requirements, and Key Considerations Associated...

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Multi-Regional Clinical Trials 101: Value, Requirements, and Key Considerations Associated with MRCTs

On Friday, September 9th, the FDA announced the availability of a draft guidance entitled “E17 General Principles for Planning and Design of Multi-Regional Clinical Trials.” The draft guidance, which...

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How critical is the Technology Transfer phase of new drug development?

During the development phase of a new drug, great pains are taken to characterize the molecule and to run a myriad of laboratory and animal tests to determine the product attributes, toxicology...

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FDA Updates Requirements Regarding Health Document Submissions for Tobacco Products

On Friday, September 9th, FDA announced the availability of a revised draft guidance, entitled “Health Document Submission Requirements for Tobacco Products.” The document was initially published in...

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FDA Issues Final Rule Regarding the Safety & Effectiveness of Consumer Antiseptic Products

On December 16, 2013, the FDA released a proposed rule regarding the safety and effectiveness of certain antibacterial soap products. If finalized, this ruling would require manufacturers of...

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Does Your Training Program Have Traction?

With the spotlight these days on Data Integrity, it may be easy to lose sight of some fundamental Quality Systems. Core Quality Systems include Document Management, Investigation Management, and...

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FDA Approves Erelzi™, the Third US Biosimilar Product

On Wednesday, August 30th, the FDA announced the approval of Sandoz’s Erelzi™ (etanercept-szzs). Erelzi is biosimilar to Amgen’s Enbrel® (etanercept) and is indicated for the treatment of multiple...

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FDA Extends Enforcement Deadline for Certain Provisions of the UDI Rule, Part Two

Additional information on FDA’s guidance document is available in our preceding FDA News article, entitled “FDA Extends Enforcement Deadline for Certain Provisions of the UDI Rule, Part One.” On...

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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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