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View from Washington

Pharmaceutical Coverage and Innovation Dominate Policy Agenda

January 1, 2003

Congressional efforts to establish a Medicare pharmacy benefit will affect R&D, and a new FDA commissioner promises change.

FDA Faces New Leadership and Major Changes

November 1, 2002

The agency is shifting regulation of biotech therapies to its drug center, a streamlining initiative to be implemented by a new FDA commissioner.

IRBs in the Spotlight

October 1, 2002

Federal agencies seek to enhance IRB operations as new policies further expand board responsibilities.

Coping with the Cost of Prescription Benefits

September 1, 2002

Although a Medicare drug benefit appears unattainable this year, Congress is considering other measures to reduce the cost of medicines.

New User Fee Program Aims to Spur Drug Development

August 1, 2002

PDUFA III boosts manufacturer fees to expand postapproval surveillance and support new FDA review initiatives.

FDA, Congress Spur Pediatric Drug Development

July 1, 2002

Sponsors are underwriting more studies of children, but controversy continues over the need for FDA’s pediatric rule and the impact of extended exclusivity on generics.

Privacy Restrictions Alarm Clinical Researchers

June 1, 2002

Rules to ensure confidentiality of individual health information threaten to make clinical trials more complex and costly.

Fraud, Abuse, and Consent

May 1, 2002

Federal prosecutors target sponsors and clinical investigators who misuse federal funds or violate research requirements while FDA proposes new policies and Congress eyes reforms.

Terrorists Steal Limelight from Human Subjects

April 1, 2002

Human research protection takes a back seat, as the White House boosts funding for NIH and FDA—along with FDA user fees.

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