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OIG Report Shows Increasing Use of Foreign Clinical Trials in Marketing Applications (and Challenges for the FDA)

There are no foreign lands.  It is the traveler only who is foreign. – Robert Louis Stevenson Global.  That’s one of the buzz words/ideas that has gripped modern drug development.  In particular, there is a notion that foreign countries represent … Continue reading

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FDA Ups the Ante on Transparency

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it’s not just a physical idea, it’s also an intellectual one. – Helmut Jahn I’ve talked about its transparency initiative before (here, here, here, and here), but the FDA’s … Continue reading

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FDA-TRACK – The FDA’s FDA-Tracking System

Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. – George V. Higgins In another move on its transparency initiative, the FDA has recently announced a new program to publicly track its own performance.  It’s called FDA-TRACK and, in the … Continue reading

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