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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.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a draft guidance Expansion of the Abbreviated 510(k) Program: Demonstrating Substantial Equivalence through Performance Criteria on April 12, 2018. The comment period is open through July 11, 2018, and directions for comment submissions can be found here.
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Co-authored by our own Sandra SAM Sather, MS, BSN, RN, CCRC, CCRA and Julie Blasingim, MBA, CIP, “An IRB Perspective on Improving Informed Consent” was published in the April 2018 issue of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals’ (ACRP’s) peer-reviewed journal, Clinical Researcher.
What is the GDPR?
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, 2018. The purpose of the GDPR is to protect the privacy and security of personal data and to strengthen the accountability to those using personal data.
Background
Women were underrepresented at under 20% of subjects in clinical trials in the 1990s.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Office of Women’s Health (OWH) was formed in 1994 with a mission to ensure adequate involvement of women in clinical trials and to identify specific requirements and challenges for women’s health.
