FDA Posts Webinar Describing New Medical Device Reporting Requirements

Last month, we reported that New Guidance on Medical Device Reporting Supersedes Guidance in Use Since 1997. This guidance document is intended to assist medical device manufacturers meet applicable reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain device-related adverse events and malfunctions. There have been numerous changes to the medical device reporting requirements since the FD&C Act…

FDA Publishes Draft Guidance on Format and Content of Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic Analyses

According to the Background, “This guidance outlines the recommended format and content for a sponsor to submit physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) analyses to the FDA to support applications including investigational new drug (INDs) applications, new drug applications (NDAs), biologics license applications (BLAs), or abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs). To enable efficient and consistent review, the…

FDA Reports “Progress & Potential” With Regard to Combination Products

According to FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. and Nina L. Hunter, Ph.D., FDA’s Associate Director for Science Policy in the Office of Medical Products and Tobacco, “About a year ago, we shared with you our Combination Product Review, Intercenter Consult Process Study Report, which was developed by FDA’s Office of Planning. The report’s findings were…

Senator Offers President-Elect Help Bringing Drug Prices Down

FiercePharma recently reported “Trump wants to battle high drug prices? Let’s work together, hike-fighting senator says.”  In the story, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), has a message for President-elect Donald Trump: “Let’s bring drug prices down together… In a new op-ed for USA Today, Sen. Klobuchar outlined several tactics that, if implemented, would reduce prices in the U.S., she…