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Separating the Hype from the Hyperbole Surrounding FDORA’s Alternatives to Animal Testing under the FD&C Act

FDA Law Blog

Since 1962, the FD&C Act has authorized FDA to require that sponsors of clinical trials submit data from “preclinical tests (including tests on animals)” in order to demonstrate that their drug is safe enough to advance to testing in humans. adequate to justify the proposed clinical testing.” 21 U.S.C. § 355(i)(1)(A).

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Considerations for Mobile Health Technology Developers: Part 1

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Part 2 of this series will be devoted to clinical decision support (CDS) software. The FDA has opined on several categories of mHealth: general wellness devices, mobile medical applications (MMAs), and clinical decision support (CDS) software. The FDA’s General Approach to Regulating mHealth Products. not a medical device, ii.

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Considerations for Mobile Health Technology Developers: Part 2

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Part 2 of this series is devoted to clinical decision support (CDS) software. The FDA regulates software that meets the definition of a medical device in section 201(h) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). In Part 1 of this series, general wellness devices and mobile medical applications (MMAs) were considered.

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Pfizer to Provide U.S. Government with an Additional 3.7 Million Treatment Courses of PAXLOVID™ to Help Combat COVID-19

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Nirmatrelvir has shown consistent in vitro antiviral activity against the following variants: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda, Mu, and Omicron BA.1, The additional 3.7 million treatment courses are planned for delivery by early 2023. . In June of 2022, Pfizer submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S.

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U.S. FDA Extends Review of Pfizer’s New Drug Application for PAXLOVID™

Pfizer

Results from these analyses are consistent with previously disclosed efficacy and safety data for the trials. FDA Extends Review of Pfizer’s New Drug Application for PAXLOVID™. Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - 04:30pm. Pfizer oral treatment remains available to eligible U.S. NEW YORK, December 20, 2022 -- Pfizer Inc. In the U.S., approximately 7.6

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Pfizer Signs Agreement to Provide the European Union with PAXLOVID™

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Clinical data and real-world evidence for PAXLOVID have shown that it can be an important tool in helping to reduce hospitalizations and deaths in those at increased risk of serious illness from COVID-19,” said Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pfizer. “As This agreement will supply participating countries up to 3.4

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Is Confirmatory Evidence Having a Moment?

FDA Law Blog

We use the term “confirmatory evidence” as short-hand for one of the two ways explicitly defined in the Federal Food Drug & Cosmetic Act (“FD&C Act”) for demonstrating substantial evidence of effectiveness. More importantly, replication is but one means to substantiate the results of a clinical investigation or scientific study.