Category Archives: Advisory Committee Prepapartion

AdComms – Is FDA Getting Less Advice?

As more drugs are being approved, is FDA getting less advice than in the past? FDA maintains a vast network of outside advisors to provide input and counsel to the agency related to decisions on policy as well as product … Continue reading

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Virtual Reality – FDA and AdComms

Vaccination has been robust. Cities are opening up. Plans are underway for back-to-school. Travel is robust. Offices are cautiously re-opening. There are multiple hallmarks that, whatever the consequences, we are going back to normal. The age of COVID-19 will likely … Continue reading

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“Can You Hear Me?” – The (Hopefully) Coming Transition from Virtual Meetings

Today, FDA published notice in the Federal Register of an upcoming meeting of the Arthritis Drugs Advisory Committee that will be held May 6. The meeting will be held virtually. Last year when the pandemic reality started setting in, like … Continue reading

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Approvals in the Crazy Year of 2020

Each year in January, it is relevant to look back on the activities of FDA during the course of the previous year and look at how it was the same or different from prior years, and to look at trends … Continue reading

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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

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