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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

FDA Expands on Recommendations Regarding Use of EHR Data in Clinical Trials, Part Two: Best Practices & Other Considerations

Additional information on FDA's draft guidance is available in our preceding FDA News article, entitled "FDA Expands on Recommendations Regarding Use of EHR Data in Clinical Trials, Part One:...

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FDA Expands on Recommendations Regarding Use of EHR Data in Clinical Trials, Part One: Overview of Recent Draft Guidance

On Tuesday, May 17, FDA announced the availability of a new draft guidance, entitled “Use of Electronic Health Record Data in Clinical Investigations.” The document, which expands on the...

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FDA Warns of Serious Side Effects Associated with Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Drugs

On Thursday, May 12th, the FDA issued a warning regarding fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs, stating that the associated side effects “generally outweigh the benefits for patients with sinusitis,...

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Does your Quality System stand up to the challenge?

Implementing and maintaining a Quality System is a complex challenge. It is as much as an art as it is a science. A company’s Quality System establishes the framework to manage and maintain...

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Recently Released Final Rule Extends FDA’s Authority to ALL Tobacco Products

On May 5, 2016, the FDA published a final rule, extending the Agency’s authority to all tobacco products, including, but not limited to, e-cigarettes, cigars, and hookah and pipe tobacco. This rule,...

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FDA Guidelines for Post-Approval CMC Changes, Part Two: Contents of Comparability Protocol Submissions

Additional information on FDA's draft guidance is available in our preceding FDA News article, entitled "FDA Guidelines for Post-Approval CMC Changes, Part One: Overview of the Updated Draft...

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Top Takeaways from FDA’s Guidance on Data Integrity

For those of you unaware, the FDA submitted a draft guidance on data integrity for comment in April. This is significant in that the last formal written guidance provided from FDA on this subject...

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FDA Guidelines for Post-Approval CMC Changes, Part One: Overview of the Updated Draft Guidance

On April 19, 2016, FDA released a revised and updated draft guidance entitled "Comparability Protocols for Human Drugs and Biologics: Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls Information," which...

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CBER Releases eSubmitter Program for Reporting Vaccine Adverse Events

On Friday, April 29th, FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) announced the availability of a new program supporting the submission of vaccine adverse event information. The...

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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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