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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On June 17th, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced its Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher (CNVP) pilot program to accelerate development of select drugs or biologics from companies that are supporting U.S. national interests and are aligned with U.S. national health priorities.
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On June 4, 2025 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) posted a guideline titled: ICH E21 Guideline on inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding individuals in clinical trials. Individuals who are pregnant or breastfeeding make up a significant portion of the world’s population, however, the European Union (EU) reports that less than 0.4% of clinical trials currently submitted to the EU include pregnant people and only 0.1% include lactating individuals. This guideline highlights the importance of including these individuals as well as the steps that should be taken in order to ensure their safety during a trial.
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On May 29th, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Form FDA 483 and subsequent warning letter to a Principal Investigator (PI) as the result of objectionable conditions found during an inspection under the Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO).
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In January 2025, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a progress update video about the third iteration of the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA III) regulatory science pilot program by sharing results from recent studies, outcomes of round table discussions, and upcoming milestones.
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In June 2025, The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the final guidance titled; “Conducting Remote Regulatory Assessments Questions and Answers” to facilitate understanding about what a remote regulatory assessment (RRA) is expected from establishments when the FDA initiates or requests an RRA.
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In September 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance for industry titled: Integrating Randomized Controlled Trials for Drug and Biological Products Into Routine Clinical Practice in association with the FDA’s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).