–Approvals with no strong evidence of efficacy: What could go wrong? The FDA has a big problem. It likes to approve new drugs and devices. Approvals look good politically and allow the FDA to boast each year about their large number of approvals. But when the FDA approves a drug or device that doesn’t work…
Report Finds Problems With FDA Mandated Postapproval Device Studies
November 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
As a condition of approval FDA often requires manufacturers of medical devices to perform postapproval studies. Now a General Accounting Office (GAO) audit [PDF] finds that, among other problems, many studies remain unfinished for a great many years. In addition, digging on its own into the FDA database of postapproval studies, The Gray Sheet, a device industry newsletter, focused…
Califf, Nissen, And Others Agree And Disagree About Regulatory Standards
September 1, 2015 by 1 Comment
Everyone agrees. A panel of US and European cardiologists, regulators, and industry executives agreed broadly that regulatory standards for drugs and devices need to be rigorous enough to prevent harm to patients. And, they also agreed, the standards shouldn’t be so strict that they stifle innovation. The problem, of course, is how to find the right…
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