Another FDA Guidance on Real World Data

Since August 2017, the FDA has released 11 guidance documents describing various aspects of real world data (RWD) and real world evidence (RWE) in regulatory decision-making. The 12th guidance document released this week describes expectations from clinical studies that use RWD sources, Electronic Health Records (EHRs), and medical claims data, to derive RWE. This guidance, … Read more

FDA Updates its SOP for Meetings with Sponsors

There are more than 20 FDA guidance documents on various types of FDA meetings with the sponsors which can be confusing because similar information is repeated across multiple documents. On the other hand, the FDA’s internal processes for managing meeting requests highlight a unified FDA approach to different meetings. How does the FDA staff process … Read more