FDA hopes to improve efficiency of clinical trials

A recent post from MedPage Today describes the newly published FDA draft guidance entitled “Enrichment Strategies for Clinical Trials to Support Approval of Human Drugs and Biological Products” that will potentially improve the speed of drug development. The guidance...

FDA emphasizes the crucial role of IRBs in new draft guidelines

The new FDA draft guidance issued last during the second week of November demonstrates that FDA does not want institutional review boards (IRBs) to lose their critical role in the clinical research process.  The new guidance, issued in November 2012 entitled “IRB...

FDA Released Two New Guidance Documents

The FDA released two new documents aimed to clarify the process for clinical trial approval and establishing earlier clinical trial studies during device development.  The FDA is currently searching for a small number of companies to  in the pilot program.  Jeffery...