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Pre-IND Submissions in eCTD Format

Historically, we made our Pre-IND submissions in paper (e.g., Pre-IND meeting request, briefing package, and meeting minutes) and we began using eCTD format with the initial IND submission.  However, since FDA assigns a Pre-IND number, which ultimately becomes the IND … Continue reading

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FDA Reorganizes Oncology and Hematology Divisions

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. Victor Frankl The FDA recently announced that it is reorganizing three divisions (Hematology Products, Drug Oncology Products, and Biologic Oncology Products) from the Office … Continue reading

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Recap of the DIA Annual Meeting 2011

The 47th Annual DIA Meeting was held on 19-23 June 2011 in Chicago and was a great success with thousands of attendees from the health care industry and regulators from around the world including representatives from the FDA, the EMA, … Continue reading

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2010 New Drug Approvals

The U.S. FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) approved 21 new products in 2010 – slightly less than the previous year’s 24 – plus 5 biologics approved by CBER. In light of the FDA’s continued focus on drug safety, I am not surprised that the number isn’t higher. A full list of approvals can be found here.

While the list isn’t long, a few new products stand out to me. Continue reading

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Bookmarks – Collapsed or Expanded?

At Cato Research, part of our standard document preparation work for eCTD submission documents is to save every PDF file with the bookmarks collapsed (i.e. only the top level bookmark is visible when the document is opened).  We’re often asked … Continue reading

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