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On March 25, 2025 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter to the sponsor-investigator of a study due to objectionable conditions observed during a Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Program inspection. The sponsor-investigator’s written response to the FDA Form 483 were deemed inadequate therefore the FDA issued a warning letter stating that the sponsor-investigator was noncompliant with multiple regulations within 21 CFR part 312.
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On April 30th, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning letter and Form FDA 483 to the sponsor of a clinical investigation as the result of a Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) inspection. 40 participants were enrolled in the study and took the investigational product that the sponsor claims was to help individuals with sleeping disorders without submitting an Investigational New Drug (IND) application.
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On January 31st, 2025, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) reached another major milestone for the implementation of the Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR), the European Union’s (EU) current pharmaceutical legislation. The CTR has updated the many of the CTD policies; promoting communication between trials and regulators, increased transparency between trials and the public, and reducing financial and administrative burdens.
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On April 4th, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updated their Institutional Review Board (IRB) Guidance Manual, part of the Bioresearch Monitoring (BIMO) Compliance Program. Staying up to date with these sorts of regulatory updates will help better prepare for inspections and give IRBs a chance to update any relevant protocols or policies that may not be compliant with these new changes.
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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.
Date: April 23, 2018
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Duration: 90 minutes
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In part 1 of our FDA's Patient-Focused Drug Development blog, we discussed the origin of FDA’s patient-focused drug development from Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) V and VI and the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) to the development of a guidance that will allow for the direct collection of patient experience data to guide regulatory decision-making. Plan for Issuance of Patient‐Focused Drug Development Guidance from May 2017 describes FDA’s plan for development of a guidance under the Cures Act.
Date: April 19, 2018
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Duration: 90 minutes
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Background
Improvements in FDA’s benefit-risk analysis and communication began with the fifth reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) V of 2013 (benefit-risk plan, communication plan) (PDUFA V Performance Goals and Procedures), became a priority with PDUFA VI of 2017 (PDUFA VI Performance Goals and Procedures), and expanded with the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act) of 2016, which calls for a patient-focused drug development process. Implementation of these Acts can improve FDA’s communication of its drug regulatory decision thought process and incorporate patients’ preferences in drug development and regulatory review.
In response to questions about travel reimbursements, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Good Clinical Practice published an updated Information Sheet on January 25, 2018, retitled “Payment and Reimbursement to Research Subjects” to reflect the clarifications. Stakeholders for this guidance are Institutional Review Boards (IRB) and Investigators.
