As the pharmaceutical community looks forward to the issuance of the new FDA Risk Evaluation & Mitigation Strategies (REMS) guidance in 2011, a free webinar will examine all the REMS occurrences during the past year and what they will portend for the future. (more…)
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REMS 2010: A Year in Review
Friday, December 3rd, 2010Hot Topics in Assessing REMS Examined In ParagonRx October Wednesday FoREMS Webinar
Monday, October 11th, 2010Of the 146 FDA REMS programs approved to date, 41 of them – almost one-third – have already been modified. Undoubtedly, REMS assessment findings have played a role. In addition, new insights arising from FDA comments influence the design of future assessments. These topics will be the focus of a free webinar hosted by ParagonRx which will take place this Wednesday, October 13, at 12 noon Eastern Time. (more…)
FDA’s Draft Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Guidance – A Preliminary Review (Part IV)
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009On September 30th, FDA issued draft guidance, “Format and Content of Proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), REMS Assessments and Proposed REMS Modifications”. While much of this draft guidance is a codification of what’s already been happening in practice over the past 2 years, there are a few interesting surprises (depicted in bold below) for those working in the REMS space to contemplate. This is the fourth in an ongoing series of blog articles about this important document.
Our first three articles covered the background of FDAAA and REMS, an overview of a REMS submission and greater detail about the “Proposed REMS”, and “REMS Supporting Document” components of the REMS document submission. This article covers the section of the guidance about “REMS assessment and modification submissions” and “communicating with FDA”. (more…)
FDA’s Draft Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) Guidance – A Preliminary Review (Part I)
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009FDA issued its long awaited draft guidance, “Format and Content of Proposed Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS), REMS Assessments and Proposed REMS Modifications”, on September 30. While much of the guidance is codification of what’s already been happening in practice over the past two years, there are a few surprises (indicated here in bold) for all of us working in the REMS space to contemplate. This is the first in a series of blog posts about this important document. (more…)