Regulatory

Dr. Amy P. Abernethy talks about her career moves from academia to industry to the US Food & Drug Administation.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a guide to implementing IDMP data standards that will be ”a game changer” for the life sciences sector. Remco Munnik, who has been working with the EU focus group creating the EU IDMP Implementation Guide version 2, provides the inside track on the implications for life sciences companies.

FDA issues a sharp warning letter rebuking AcelRx Pharmaceuticals for its ”glib and simplistic” messaging on painkiller Dsuvia.

Despite critical disruptions and added challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic this past year, FDA annual reports on drug regulatory programs and policies confirm successful efforts for meeting review time frames and updating policies and programs.

The selection of a new FDA commissioner has become a contentious issue in Washington. Jill Wechsler reports.

With Democrats controlling Congress and the White House, expectations are high that policy makers will revise certain coverage and payment policies. Jill Wechsler reports.

The pharmaceutical industry must be prepared for the coming wave of COVID-related safety reports.

President Joe Biden has unveiled a lengthy program for combatting COVID-19 by ramping up distribution and inoculation of millions of Americans over the next three months.

The process of distributing millions of doses of new vaccines across the nation has been much less effective than anticipated.

Administration officials continue to rush through new rules and decisions that appear to challenge the independence and effective operations of FDA.

Biden administration faces key decisions on drug testing and access amid vaccine distribution challenges.

CDER's process for vetting and authorizing important new therapies remained strong and productive last year, despite the need to deal with COVID-19 related approvals and policies.

Applications put on hold as agency limits alternative oversight methods.

Examining the current biosimilar market.

President Trump finally signs the critical year-end COVID-19 package, appropriating $2.3 trillion to finance the federal government through September 2021 and providing critical support for individuals and entities suffering from the economic crisis wrought by the pandemic.

Jill Wechsler reports on FDA's newly published strategies supporting broader eligibility criteria for Phase III studies.

Outlining the steps to a payment approach for Medicare Part D drugs that provides savings for patients.

2020 has proven to be a year like no other for pharma. Here is a quick look back at some of the trends 2020 created for the industry.

Recent roundtable brought together by Pharm Exec and Parexel features insights from leaders in the pharma industry on the current state and future of RWE.

In unveiling a set of drug price control measures last week, the president displayed his bitterness that vaccine makers failed to announce their success in achieving high efficacy rates for new preventives before the Nov. 3 election.

In a Special Fraud Alert, the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services advised pharma companies to stop paying high fees to healthcare professionals for giving presentations on certain drugs or treatments. 

Authorities fear distrust of early preventives and complications for ongoing COVID-19 research.

FDA has published a list of critical drugs and medical products for public health emergencies in a bid to reduce reliance on the global pharma supply chain and minimize potential shortages.

Lise Stevens explores what difference the ISO IDMP (Identification of Medicinal Products) data standards would have made in a COVID-19 context — in applications ranging from pharmacovigilance adverse event reporting and electronic prescribing to falsified medicines control.

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.