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This week's much-anticipated meeting of FDA’s vaccine advisory committee will address critical issues related to the testing and approval of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection.

Early Vaccine Authorization Raises Ethical & Logistical Challenges for Trial Sponsors

Fears about overly accelerated development programs has heightened demands for wider access to information on study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and early results.

COVID-19 Vaccine Concerns Prompt Clinical Trial Transparency

Shawn Singh, Chief Executive Officer of VistaGen Therapeutics, discusses the company's ongoing efforts to treat and help manage the anxiety symptoms related to the triggers and anxiety-related disorders COVID-19 provokes, and the FDA’s consensus on the design of their pivotal Phase III study of PH94B.

Pushing Late-Stage Treatments Forward in the Clinic  

An amendment to Pediatric Research Equity Act, as part of the 2017 FDA Reauthorization Act, goes into effect soon aiming to change the landscape and promote pediatric cancer drug development.

The RACE for Children Act Takes Effect This Month

Bruno Speder is head of clinical regulatory affairs, Clinical Research, SGS Life Science Services, Bruno.Speder@sgs.com.

A first vaccine against this coronavirus could still take some time to develop, but mRNA vaccine platforms could offer an early breakthrough.

Regulatory Considerations Surrounding Human Challenge Studies with the SARS-CoV-2 Virus

An amendment to Pediatric Research Equity Act, as part of the 2017 FDA Reauthorization Act, goes into effect soon aiming to change the landscape and promote pediatric cancer drug development.  

RACE for Children Act Starts on August 18

FDA's plans to resume inspections of some US regulated facilities this week are not clear on which sites will be visited and what alternative oversight strategies will apply where on-site inspections are difficult.

Will FDA Inspections Ever Be the Same?

The need for treatments to combat the spread of COVID-19 is promoting greater cooperation among drug regulatory authorities around the world, with FDA officials communicating more frequently with their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Japan and other nations through established programs and agreements.

Global Regulatory Collaborations Aim to Speed Access to New Vaccines & Drugs

The research community is moving quickly to launch clinical trials of potential countermeasures, while regulatory authorities aim to support product development through regulatory flexibility. 

Coronavirus Offers Opportunities and Challenges for Biopharma R&D

FDA’s new commissioner, Stephen Hahn, announced his priorities at an FDA “all hands” staff meeting last week. Jill Wechsler reports.