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FDA Solicits Feedback on the Use of AI and Machine Learning in Drug Development

Bill of Health

Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in fulfilling its task of ensuring that drugs are safe and effective, has recently turned its attention to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in drug development. By Matthew Chun The U.S. manufacturing process design), implement advanced process controls (e.g.,

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FDA Considers New Approach to Improve Safe Disposal of Prescription Opioid Analgesics

Sharps Compliance

Continue reading FDA Considers New Approach to Improve Safe Disposal of Prescription Opioid Analgesics at Sharps Compliance Blog. Nonmedical use of prescription opioids commonly leads to the use of illegal drugs like heroin and illegally manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogues.

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Could Self-Operated Assisted Suicide Devices Be Coming to a Town near You?

Bill of Health

While not exhaustive, this blog post explores some of the major legal issues likely to arise if a device like the Sarco were to be introduced into the United States. FDA Approval. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which “ regulates the sale of medical device products (including diagnostic tests) in the U.S.

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FDA Outlines Considerations for Conducting Clinical Investigations Using Psychedelic Drugs

Hall Render

In June 2023, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released Draft Guidance outlining its current view of the psychedelic research landscape. While the FDA does not define psychedelics, it indicated that the shorthand term “psychedelic” includes “classic psychedelics,” which are typically understood to be 5-HT2 agonists (e.g.,

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Embracing Technology: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

Hall Render

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released draft guidance regarding the conduct of decentralized clinical trials (“DCTs”) for drugs, biological products and devices. This draft guidance expands on previous FDA recommendations released in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Unpacking Averages: Exploring New Data on FDA Responses to FOIA Requests

Health Law Advisor

To provide more value to readers, I’ve started submitting FOIA requests for unpublished data to produce additional insights into how FDA works. And what better first topic than data on FDA responses to FOIA requests. FDA has been releasing data on its FOIA process, specifically its FOIA logs , for a few years. We were wrong.

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Unpacking Averages: FDA FOIA Response Times by Topic of Request

Health Law Advisor

Continuing my three-part series on FOIA requests using a database of over 120,000 requests filed with FDA over 10 years (2013-22), this month’s post focuses on sorting the requests by topic and then using those topics to dive deeper into FDA response times. In the post last month, I looked at response times in general.

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