Pfizer

AUGUST 15, 2022

It was developed to be administered orally so that it can be prescribed early after infection, potentially helping patients avoid severe illness (which can lead to hospitalization and death). Nirmatrelvir has shown consistent in vitro antiviral activity against the following variants: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda, Mu, and Omicron BA.1

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Criteria for regulation. 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). peer-reviewed clinical studies or clinical practice guidelines) meet Criterion 2 and are not medical devices subject to FDA regulation and oversight.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert & Sophia R. Gibbs — For more than three decades, FDA has claimed that the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic (FD&C Act) gives the agency legal authority to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as medical devices (see our prior post here ).

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 17, 2021

You may recall that last summer (on August 19), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cease premarket review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), including COVID?19 Given this stated concern about test accuracy and validation, why are they only urging FDA to regulate COVID?19

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Javitt & Philip Won — As we reported last week, FDA has issued a 26 page, single spaced, tiny-font Proposed Rule of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs). The brevity of this change belies the foreseeably seismic impact of FDA regulation of clinical laboratories on the healthcare system.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Mullen — On January 18, 2024, the director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health and the chief medical officer and acting director of CMS’ Center for Clinical Standards and Quality issued a joint press release supporting FDA’s recent proposed rule regulating Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs).

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Shapiro — You may recall that last summer (on August 19), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ordered the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to cease premarket review of laboratory developed tests (LDTs), including COVID?19 At the time, we wrote favorably about this move. Put bluntly, the review of COVID?19

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Pfizer

DECEMBER 13, 2022

It was developed to be administered orally so that it can be prescribed early after infection, potentially helping patients avoid severe illness (which can lead to hospitalization and death). Nirmatrelvir has shown consistent in vitro antiviral activity against the following variants: Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma, Lambda, Mu, and Omicron BA.1,

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Pfizer

DECEMBER 20, 2022

It was developed to be administered orally so that it can be prescribed early after infection, potentially helping patients avoid severe illness (which can lead to hospitalization and death). FDA Extends Review of Pfizer’s New Drug Application for PAXLOVID™. Tuesday, December 20, 2022 - 04:30pm. NEW YORK, December 20, 2022 -- Pfizer Inc.

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Pfizer

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

It was developed to be administered orally so that it can be prescribed early after infection, potentially helping patients avoid severe illness (which can lead to hospitalization and death). This agreement will supply participating countries up to 3.4 million treatment courses upon orders being placed.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Two weeks ago, FDA published a draft of its latest drug development guidance explaining how drug and biological product developers can use this pathway to meet the statutory standard for efficacy. the Confirmatory Evidence Guidance, available here ) had appeared on CDER’s Guidance Agenda for the past three years.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

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.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — At the latest MedTech conference held in Boston, MA from October 24-26, we heard from FDA officials and industry representatives on a range of topics. Below, we provide a snapshot of the three-day event: Update on the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF).

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