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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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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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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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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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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Guidance for IRBs, Clinical Investigators, and Sponsors ” (“Final Guidance”), following the FDA’s earlier issuance of draft guidance on the subject in July 2014.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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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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How the Medical Industry Can Help Combat the Current Coronavirus Crisis

Exeed Regulatory Compliance

FDA Guidance on EUA, Jan 2017 *Notes: Section 564 as in the Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C Act); PAHPRA refers to the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2015 One area of current concern is the lack of diagnostic testing capability in the US to rapidly detect and confirm new cases.