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Zachary Brennan
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One of the most well-attended sessions I saw at the Drug Information Association's annual conference in Philadelphia was focused on FDA efforts related to AI and real-world evidence (RWE) submissions. Three FDA officials — senior advisor on RWE Marie Bradley, associate director for AI policy Anindita Saha and digital health expert Hussein Ezzeldin — discussed recent examples of RWE used in decisionmaking and revealed a new initiative on using RWE to repurpose drug candidates for unmet medical needs. The agency also said it's now reviewed more than 1,000 AI-related submissions from companies, with AI helping clinical trials with patient selection, outcome predictions and more. In the Q&A, industry stakeholders questioned if the the agency can provide more guidance on how companies can use AI in drug manufacturing.

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Zachary Brennan
Senior Editor, Endpoints News
@ZacharyBrennan
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by Zachary Brennan

PHILADEL­PHIA– Fol­low­ing the re­cent de­par­tures of FDA Com­mis­sion­er Mar­ty Makary and both of his cen­ter di­rec­tors for drugs and bi­o­log­ics, the Trump ad­min­is­tra­tion will...

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Amgen headquarters in Thousand Oaks, California (Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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by Karen Weintraub

Am­gen has asked the FDA to re­view ev­i­dence that its drug Tavneos (ava­co­pan), which treats a rare form of vas­culi­tis, is worth keep­ing on the...

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by Max Bayer

The FDA pro­vid­ed tepid sup­port of Mod­er­na’s flu vac­cine ahead of an ad­vi­so­ry meet­ing but, more im­por­tant­ly, did­n't ap­pear to raise any ma­jor con­cerns that...

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by Max Bayer

The FDA gave the go-ahead for Col­orado to try im­port­ing cheap­er drugs from Cana­da, but it re­mains to be seen how or when this would...

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by Nicole DeFeudis

CMS has pro­posed a pol­i­cy change that clar­i­fies its stance on how prod­ucts are grouped to­geth­er for Medicare ne­go­ti­a­tions.

Un­der the In­fla­tion Re­duc­tion Act, bi­o­log­ics...

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