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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

Obtaining IND-Related Feedback from FDA

What to do if you experience delays in obtaining IND-related feedback from the FDA: In December 2015, the FDA released a draft guidance, which provides IND sponsors with a number of recommendations...

Regulatory Sciences

Best Practices for FDA Communication with IND Sponsors, Part 2

Last month, FDA published a draft guidance entitled, “Best Practices for Communication Between IND Sponsors and FDA During Drug Development.” The guidance was published with the intention of...

Clinical Research Solutions

Best Practices for FDA Communication with IND Sponsors

On December 9, 2015, the FDA released a draft guidance entitled, “Best Practices for Communication Between IND Sponsors and FDA During Drug Development.” The guidance attempts to promote timely,...

Regulatory Sciences

Best Practices for Meeting-Related Communication with FDA

In December 2015, the FDA released a draft guidance, which provides IND sponsors with a number of recommendations and best practices for communicating with the FDA. Among those included in the draft...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA: Major Rule on Generic Drug Labeling Changes to Come in Summer 2016

In November 2013, the FDA introduced a proposed rule entitled, “Supplemental Applications Proposing Labeling Changes for Approved Drugs and Biological Products.” Last month, the Agency announced the...

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Clinical Research Solutions

Risk-Averse Schedule for Project Management

Is your project schedule ready to pass the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) "litmus test"? Not sure? Well, the Project Management Team at ProPharma is here to lend a helping hand. Below are some...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation & Research: 2016 Priorities

FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) 2016 Priorities & Areas of Focus Front Burner Priorities: Negotiate PDUFA 6 agreements Negotiate GDUFA 2 agreements Negotiate a second BSUFA program...

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Woodcock Announces CDER’s 2016 Priorities & Says ANDA Backlog was the Biggest Challenge of GDUFA I

On Monday, December 14th, the director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), Janet Woodcock, M.D., spoke at the FDA/CMS Summit for Biopharma Executives where she announced the...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation & Research: 2015 Priorities & Accomplishments

FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) 2015 Priorities & Accomplishments Front Burner Priorities: GDUFA: meeting and exceeding performance goals; confident the division can reach steady...

Clinical Research Solutions

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...

Clinical Research Solutions

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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