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FDA’s Issues Draft Guidance on Accelerated Approval: A Substantial Evidentiary and Procedural Overhaul to this High-Profile Pathway

FDA Law Blog

FDAs interpretation of several threshold criteria for eligibility (serious condition, available therapy, unmet medical need) will continue to rely upon the 2014 Guidance. As such, we will publish a separate blog post focused on confirmatory trials and how FDA is interpreting this key provision of its accelerated approval authority.

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Evidence v. Belief: What a Kennedy Appointment Could Mean to FDA and Public Health

FDA Law Blog

Rates of chronic disease are high, as is obesity. Incentives to motivate better nutritional choices and increase physical fitness would be welcome. Kennedy’s tag line is that he and Trump will “Make America Healthy Again.” This seems like a reasonable goal, as most people can probably agree that America is not healthy.