12/23/2024
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On November 6th, 2024, the International Council of Harmonization (ICH) published the draft version of ICH E6(R3) Annex 2, a long awaited update to the good clinical practice (GCP) section of the ICH Harmonized Guidelines.
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The US Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) collaborated with the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to develop 10 Guiding Principles of Good AI Practice in Drug Development. They are intended to be a foundational basis for developing good practices with AI, addressing the unique nature of AI, as well as cultivating its future growth.
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In addition to the launch of Elsa, in a press announcement on December 1, 2025, the FDA broadcasted the deployment of Agentic AI capabilities for their employees. Agentic AI is unique from LLM AI due to its capability to plan, reason, and execute multi-step actions in order to achieve a specific goal. This means it can be used to assist with more complex tasks.
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On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the launch of their Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tool: Elsa. AI has been seen in many parts of the clinical research ecosystem in recent years such as trial and protocol design, participant recruitment, and safety monitoring, all of which have the potential to enhance trial efficiency and safety.
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On December 19th, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration released the finalized guidance for industry: Processes and Practices Applicable to Bioresearch Monitoring Inspections. The guidance details the processes and practices of Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) inspections of FDA-regulated establishments NOT specified in existing FDA guides or manuals.
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On September 8th, 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released their final guidance for industry on the ICH E6(R3) Good Clinical Practice (GCP). ICH E6(R3) Principles and Annex 1 were finalized on January 6th, 2025, officially taking over the preceding 2016 ICH E6(R2). Annex 2 is expected to be finalized in early 2026.
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In September 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance for industry titled: Integrating Randomized Controlled Trials for Drug and Biological Products Into Routine Clinical Practice in association with the FDA’s Real-World Evidence program. This guidance was released the day before their final guidance on Conducting Clinical Trials With Decentralized Elements, both guidance discuss the FDA’s current position on collecting health information from sources outside of the clinical research site in order to improve enrollment and protocol adherence to scheduled visits
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On September 18th, 2024, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a final guidance document titled: “Conducting Clinical Trials with Decentralized Elements” which is intended to inform sponsors, investigators, and other clinical trial stakeholders about the proper implementation of decentralized clinical trials (DCT).