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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy 

Bill of Health

Dose modification rules and availability of growth factor support: A cross-sectional study of head-to-head cancer trials used for US FDA approval from 2009 to 2021. FDA validation of surrogate endpoints in oncology: 2005-2022. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Sep;172:349-356. Epub ahead of print. Walia A, Haslam A, Prasad V. J Cancer Policy.

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FDA’s Promised Rules on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely To End Decades of Racial Bias

Kaiser Health News

senators have pressed the FDA to take steps to eliminate pulse oximetry’s racial bias, which has caused delays in treatment and worse health outcomes, and more recently has raised concern about the reliability of hospital AI tools that draw on reams of data from the devices. . The FDA’s response was modest.

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FDA Finalizes Its Informed Consent Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators and Sponsors

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) finalized “ Informed Consent: Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors ” (“Final Guidance”), following the FDA’s earlier issuance of draft guidance on the subject in July 2014. On August 15, 2023, the U.S. study sponsor, regulatory agencies, etc.)

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Accessing COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines for Research: The Re-emergence of the Tragedy of the ‘Anticommons’

Bill of Health

For instance, a study conducted in 2005 by the American Association for Advancement of Sciences revealed that 40% of respondents reported problems securing licenses for carrying out research; 58% reported delays due to licensing requirements; and 28% reported abandoning their research due to licensing issues.

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Por qué se habla de discriminación racial al tomar el nivel de oxígeno

Kaiser Health News

han presionado a la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) para que tome medidas que ayuden a eliminar la desviación racial en los oxímetros de pulso. Pero mientras la FDA trabajaba en un borrador de directrices, los médicos y los científicos no saben a qué atenerse.

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Q&A: George Church on Genomics of Cognitive Enhancement

Bill of Health

The practicality I’ve noticed over the years is that no matter what we aim at, there’s the very severe, shorter-term FDA trial. In 2005 the topic was consent for public release of human data. GC: It has piqued my interest for many years. In 2004 this was chip synthesis of pathogen DNA. In 2014 CRISPR gene drives.

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QMS 101: Pharmaceutical Quality Management System

Dot Compliance

It focuses on specific persons and processes involved in the production of goods and stops them from straying from quality standards like FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO and ICH Q10. Prior to ISO 9001:2015 , the standard for Quality Management Systems (QMS) was ISO 9001:2005. For cGMP compliance, the FDA audits authorized drug manufacturers.

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