FDA News: Sickle Cell Research, Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD), Biomarker Qualification Case Study, Generic Drug Access, Bodybuilding Products – Drug and Device Digest

FDA BRIEF: Week of June 19, 2017


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Celebrate World Sickle Cell Day by Learning About Clinical Trials

Sickle Cell Disease is most common inherited blood disorder in US

  • Chronic condition with no cure
  • Can cause severe pain, organ damage, stroke
  • One way to help advance scientific discovery is through clinical trials

Learn more about clinical trials in videos

  • Brings awareness to importance of having diverse participants in clinical trials
  • Help ensure medical products are safe and effective for everyone

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Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD)

To promote the development of products for the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of rare diseases and conditions

  • Drugs, Devices, Biologics, Medical Foods

Designation Programs

  • Orphan Drug Designation
  • Rare Pediatric Disease Designation
  • Humanitarian Use Device Designation

Grant Programs

  • Orphan Products Grants
  • Orphan Products Natural History Grants
  • Pediatric Device Consortia Grants

Medical Device Humanitarian Use Device (HUD) and Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) programs

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FDA Case Study 1

Case Study for Biomarker Qualification Program

CDER Biomarker Qualification Program works with external stakeholders to develop biomarkers for drug development process

  • Fictional case studies part of an educational series on qualifying biomarkers
  • Intended to help patients, patient advocacy groups, health professionals, small businesses, and pharmaceutical and clinical innovators learn more
  • Provide “real-world” examples

Case Study on fictional biomarker of drug-induced kidney injury in rats

  • Understand role of biomarker qualification in drug development
  • Understand validation studies necessary to support qualification
  • Understand collaborative efforts in qualification for a specific context of use

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Think it's easy becoming a generic drug in America? Think againFDA Working to Lift Barriers to Generic Drug Competition

By: Scott Gottlieb, M.D., FDA Commissioner, @SGottliebFDA

FDA doesn’t have direct role in drug pricing – but taking steps to help address access

  • Expediting approval of lower-cost, generic medicines.
  • Facilitating increased competition for prescription drugs

Drug Competition Action Plan Federal Register

  • Understand ‘gaming’ of FDA’s rules to create obstacles to generic access
  • Blocking availability of branded products for comparative testing
  • Misusing REMS by having single shared program to delay generic entry

Policy and programmatic changes to address issues

  • Using FDA authorities more forcefully
  • Collaborate with sister agencies
  • Coordinate with Federal Trade Commission in identifying and publicizing anti-competitive practices
  • Simultaneously strike a careful balance between pharmaceutical innovation and access to lower cost generic products

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FDA issues warning about body-building products labeled to contain steroid and steroid-like substances

Illegally marketed products labeled to contain steroid and steroid-like substances and promoted to increase muscle mass and strength

Illegally marketed as dietary supplements 

  • Unapproved drugs without FDA review of safety and effectiveness
  • Safety assessment based on more than seven years of adverse event reports
  • Risk of serious liver injury and other adverse health consequences including kidney injury, increased risk of heart attack and stroke, shrinkage of testes, male infertility

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