FDA Definition of Generally Accepted Scientific Knowledge: Will It Reduce Animal Studies? 

In its ongoing efforts to show how sponsors of market approval applications can provide alternate data to reduce non-clinical studies, FDA released a guidance describing Generally Accepted Scientific Knowledge (GASK) which can be used in lieu of animal studies. In the process, FDA also highlighted how subjective this assessment can be, and how it would … Read more

FDA Puts Its Weight Behind Virtual Clinical Trials 

Decentralized or Virtual clinical trials have emerged as a game-changing approach to study the efficacy and safety of new treatments and interventions. But the regulatory expectations from these trial designs were not clarified. That is, till now. With two guidance documents released within the last month, the FDA has expressed its strong support for trial … Read more