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Exploring the implications of FDA’s renewed focus and commitment to expand the use of accelerated approval for gene therapy products.

Probe targets agency’s role in advising on drug testing and submissions.

Measures being mulled to reform the AA process and address public concerns around its risk-benefit payoff.

Quality metrics, more domestic production aim to avoid supply disruptions and drug shortages.

The US Congress approved a federal spending package that increases funding for a range of programs to advance health and medicine.

FDA emphasizes importance of inclusion in trials.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

While not setting any records for the rapid approval of new drugs in 2019, FDA did speed a number of important new therapies to patients, writes Jill Wechsler.

FDA’s Office of New Drugs restricting aims to improve scientific exchange and information sharing among review professionals.

Examining the unique aspects involved in preparing and submitting marketing applications for proposed treatments for rare disease.

CDER's Rare Disease Cures Accelerator initiative looks to foster a coordinated research approach and methods that can expedite development of drugs to treat some of the 7,000 rare diseases.

Concerns for patient safety are raised with the recent surge in new drugs receiving fast-track FDA approval. Jill Wechsler reports.

FDA draft guidance for modernizing the approach to clinical trial design for oncology drugs and biologics look to make clinical trials more efficient while maintaining patient safety.

A new CDER “knowledge management” approach will see companies submit applications that can be transmitted to experts from multiple disciplines able to assess applications for new drugs and biologics in a timely and efficient manner.

Supporting real change in clinical trials is more than just lip service-it’s putting the information out there transparently for all stakeholders to measure and make decisions.