Coverage

"Identifying key questions and core data elements is at the heart of a new initiative launched by the Reagan-Udall Foundation and Friends of Cancer Research. The COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator provides a venue for major data organizations, government…
"A new initiative called the COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator aims to pool ongoing data sources from government and academic researchers, health systems, and private companies to solut
"Patients with cancer are treated with drugs already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or with an investigational agent in a clinical trial. But there are some patients who may need access to investigational drugs outside the realm…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to provide oncologists with greater help in acquiring expanded access to investigational therapies. Deemed Project Facilitate, the pilot program was announced at a press briefing during the 2019…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday launched a new pilot program, dubbed Project Facilitate, aimed at helping physicians complete expanded access requests for cancer patients.  
FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence and the Reagan-Udall Foundation launched Expanded Access Navigator and Project Facilitate, two separate but coordinated pilot programs to provide patients and physicians with expanded access to oncology drugs. The…
"Sharpless said FDA's organization also must ensure collaboration across disciplines and locations, as well as with outside groups. In a speech to the Reagan-Udall Foundation annual meeting later in the day, though, he acknowledged that outside…
Read Zach Brennan’s reference to the Foundation's Annual Public Meeting in his Regulatory Focus™ article:  “Sharpless Begins to Learn the Ropes While FDA Center Directors Look to the Future”
New Drug Safety Priorities Report for 2018 highlights CDER’s safety work with a reference to our IMEDS program that "allows public and private entities access to the Sentinel System.”  
Biocentury coverage on the FDA’s expanded access program and collaboration with the Reagan-Udall Foundation is available here: https://www.biocentury.com/biocentury/regulation/2018-12-14/how-fda-plans-help-patients-get-expanded-access-unapproved-drugs