About the Author
My name is Mark Senak. I’m a lawyer and I work at the international communications firm FleishmanHillard in New York. For the past several years, I have been consulting with pharmaceutical and biologic companies that are engaged in the process of bringing new drugs to market. I have also worked extensively with an array of medical societies and patient organizations providing strategic communications counsel and media training.
Category Archives: FDA Image
FDA AdComm Agenda Covers the Bases
First of all, we are having a bit of a crisis with our crisis. As we appear to be moving into yet another wave of COVID-19 infections, and as research into a vaccine is aggressively underway, we also see serious … Continue reading
Posted in Advisory Committee Prepapartion, COVID19, Current Affairs, FDA Image, FDA Policy
Tagged #COVID19
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FDA Credibility on the Line
In normal times, when there is no pandemic threatening our lives and livelihoods, it is essential for FDA to maintain the traditional “gold standard” in relation to the decision-making process for the approval of new treatments. That standard is even … Continue reading
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Tagged #FDA #COVID19 #EUA #BloodPlasma
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What They Said – A Look Back at FDA Press Releases First Half of 2020
Each year, midway through it all, I take a look back to see what FDA has been talking about and compare it to the year before to see how things may have changed. I’m a little late at getting to … Continue reading
FDA to Hold Virtual AdComm
I don’t usually publish the scheduling of an AdComm with a blog posting. But this one merits one. With fewer than the usual minimum of fifteen days’ notice, FDA has scheduled an FDA Advisory Committee meeting of the Cardiovascular and … Continue reading
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Tagged #AdCom, #AdComm, #FDAAdvisoryCommittee
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Impact of COVID-19 on Regulatory Enforcement and Approvals
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic bring change shifts the status quo on a daily basis with both breadth and depth. Everything we as individuals and as a society would normally do is undergoing change. FDA regulatory oversight is one … Continue reading
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