Breakthrough Devices Program

The final guidance for the Breakthrough Devices Program was issued by the FDA in December 2018. Under this program (part of the changes to the FD&C Act created by passage of the 21stCentury Cures Act), sponsors of devices or device-led combination products that...
Paul Gibbon’s Best Non-Fiction Books of 2018

Paul Gibbon’s Best Non-Fiction Books of 2018

Readers will remember my recommendation for Paul Gibbon’s book “The Science of Successful Organizational Change” from a previous post. Paul published his list of the best non-fiction books of 2018 in early January, and I believe the list deserves serious consideration...

CDER’s 2018 New Drug Therapy Approvals

In early January, CDER released its report on the 59 new drug therapies approved in calendar year 2018. Among the new drugs approved last year are treatments for rare diseases like phenylketonuria, the first in a new class of drugs to treat non-responding HIV-1...