An Evolving Direction for Drug Oversight
Show notes
Wayne chats with Brian Malkin, Partner at Spencer Fane. You'll hear Brian's thoughts on potential FDA leadership under Heidi Overton, early priorities for drug and biologics companies, implications for drug pricing, AI in drug development, new approach methodologies and the shift away from animal testing, sponsor use of NAMs in place of traditional animal studies, skinny labeling, and implications for generic drugmakers, overlooked and emerging FDA issues for pharma and biotech companies, and much more.
In our headlines segment, Wayne highlights these major developments:
FDA announces broad recruitment effort to expand range of people on advisory committees
Pharma: FDA launches expedited Investigational New Drug (IND) pilot program
Devices: AI and robotic surgery among FDA's top areas of focus in FY27 guidance priorities
Food: PepsiCo recalls over 122,000 cases of Gatorade after bottles were found to contain undisclosed Yellow No. 5 and/or Yellow No. 6
Cosmetics: FDA informs cosmetic product facilities and retailers that the agency does not provide certificates to verify compliance for cosmetic product facility registration
In our Resource Links segment, we list key documents in our four core areas. To view these links, subscribe, or find out more information about our podcast, visit FDAWatch.net.
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