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On May 17, 2016, FDA issued Draft Guidance for Industry on Use of Electronic Health Record Data in Clinical Investigations ("Draft Guidance").  This Draft Guidance builds on prior FDA guidance on Computerized Systems Used in Clinical Investigations and Electronic Source Data in Clinical Investigations, and provides information on FDA's expectations for the use of Electronic Health Record ("EHR") data to clinical investigators, research institutions and sponsors of clinical research on drugs, biologics, medical devices and combination products conducted under an ...

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Earlier this week the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") published its long awaited notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the registration of clinical trials.  The most significant change that would result from implementation of the proposed rule, and the one getting the most press, is the new requirement that results data be submitted for all applicable clinical trials, even those evaluating unapproved drugs and devices.   Although we agree that this new requirement is likely to have significant ramifications for drug, biologic and device manufacturers, here are ...

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Upon learning that FDA had lost another round in its battle to classify Diphoterine® Skin Wash (DSW) as a combination product with a drug primary mode of action and that Prevor, DSW's manufacturer, was still fighting this issue nearly six years after it submitted its initial premarket notification for DSW, I turned into a five-year-old and kept asking why?

  • Why does FDA insists that a skin wash intended to "help prevent and minimize accidental chemical burn injuries" must be regulated as a drug but a drug-coated stent intended to improves arterial diameter is regulated as a device?
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