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In this section: Regulatory Science in Action

Impact Stories

To illustrate the unique value of CDER’s regulatory science investments we have developed a series of “impact stories” that describe recent advances by our researchers and the impacts of these discoveries on drug development and the public health.

Streamlining analysis of ion channel in vitro assays data

Streamlining analysis of ion channel in vitro assays data to support clinical cardiac safety decision-making

December 16, 2024

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Determining topical product bioequivalence with stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

December 14, 2024

Opportunities for innovation in drug development for neurological conditions

Opportunities for innovation in drug development for neurological conditions

July 12, 2024

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A novel method for rapid glycan profiling of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies

June 18, 2024

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How physicians interpret information about prescription drugs in scientific publications vs. promotional pieces

April 26, 2024

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Learning-enabled Natural Language Processing to Identify Directional Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interactions

April 26, 2024

Impact Story: Peptides, proteins, and the risks of cardiac arrythmias

Peptides, proteins, and the risks of cardiac arrythmias: A CDER study suggests that the human Thorough QT study is not needed for products comprised of naturally occurring amino acids

April 25, 2024

Insulin Receptor Image

Establishment and validation of an in vitro cell-based assay to assess the biological activity of insulin products

April 25, 2024

Bioequivalence testing for highly variable drugs

An adaptive trial design for testing the bioequivalence of generics of highly variable drugs

December 15, 2023

Pharmaceutical Drugs

Biorelevant Pediatric Dissolution Methodology

December 11, 2023

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Gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI: safety in pregnancy

August 15, 2023

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FDA shows generic lamotrigine extended-release tablets are bioequivalent to innovator drug in fully replicated crossover bioequivalence study

July 26, 2023

BBB QSAR Model

New developments in regulatory QSAR modeling: a new QSAR model for predicting blood brain barrier permeability

April 19, 2023

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Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Assisted Image Analysis for Characterizing Biotherapeutics

February 8, 2023

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Prescription drug promotion in online character space limited (CSL) communication

December 27, 2022

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Assessing the Impact of Opioid Overdose and Opioid Antagonist Dosing to Support Medical Product Development

December 22, 2022

Impact Story ASD

Formulating Drug Products for Optimized Absorption: Elucidating Amorphous Solid Dispersions

August 30, 2022

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Designing Sound Clinical Trials That Incorporate Real-World Data

August 19, 2022

OTS Adult to Pediatric

Applying the Non-inferiority Paradigm to Assess Exposure-Response and Dosing Comparisons Between Pediatric and Adult Patients

August 16, 2022

Impact Story In Vitro Test Factors

Effects of Realistic In Vitro Test Factors on the Aerosol Properties of Metered-Dose Inhalers

May 23, 2022

Raman scattering

Through-Container Quantitative Screening of Hand Sanitizers

March 18, 2022

Diclofenac

How Modeling Was Used to Support the FDA Approval of a Topical Generic Drug Product

December 1, 2021

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New In Vitro Methods to Understand and Mitigate Clinical Variability Associated with Injectable Suspensions

December 2, 2021

Impact Story - Pediatric dosing

Improving Dose Selection In Children through Better Estimates of Renal Function

November 19, 2021

Impact Story - Antibiotics

Exploiting Real-World Data to Optimize the Use of Antibiotics

November 9, 2021

Microphysiology

Three-Dimensional (3D) Cell Culture (Microphysiological) Platforms as Drug Development Tools

August 23, 2021

Manufacturuing

Impact of Continuous Manufacturing Processes on the Viral Safety of Therapeutic Proteins

August 20, 2021

Drug Advertising

Advancing Our Understanding of How Drug Promotion Influences Consumers and Health Care Providers

August 19, 2021

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Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Sertraline Dosing in Pregnancy

August 16, 2021

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How computational analysis of a 3D mucociliary clearance model can help predict drug uptake and lead to more generic nasal drug products

April 28, 2021

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A New Approach to Pharmacometrics: Recurrent Neural Networks for Modeling Drug Exposure and Drug Response

April 26, 2021

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Public Posting of a Comprehensive Surrogate Endpoint Table for CDER- and CBER-Regulated Products

December 11, 2020

Impact Story - Metastatic Breast Cancer

Use of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4/6 Inhibitor with Hormonal Therapy in Metastatic Breast Cancer—Efficacy in Patient Subgroups

November 16, 2020

Impact Story - Schizophrenia

Improving the Design of Clinical Trials of Drugs to Treat Schizophrenia

November 10, 2020

ANDAs Impact Story

A CDER Study of Factors that May Predict the Likelihood of Generic Drug Marketing Applications

October 28, 2020

Figure 2. Comparison of DOM and ROM statistical analyses.

CDER Statistical Studies Innovate Measures of Adhesion to Assess Generic Products

June 23, 2020

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Modeling Tools Could Modernize Generic Drug Development

June 2, 2020

Impact Story: CDER Assessment of Drug Impurity Mutagenicity by Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling

CDER Assessment of Drug Impurity Mutagenicity by Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Modeling

May 15, 2020

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Improved Assessment of Cardiotoxic Risk in Drug Candidates: The Comprehensive in vitro Proarrhythmia Assay

March 6, 2020

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Using innovative statistical approaches to provide the most reliable treatment outcomes information to patients and clinicians

June 10, 2019

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Determining the Clinical Benefit of Treatment Beyond Progression with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

February 21, 2019

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Supporting Drug Development Through Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling

February 21, 2019

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Transitioning a Powerful Analytical Tool into Manufacturing to Improve the Quality of Complex Therapeutics

December 4, 2018

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Evaluating the Potential of Microengineered Human Cellular Systems to Predict Drug Effects in the Clinic

October 5, 2018

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A Flexible Clinical Trial Design Suitable for Emerging Disease Outbreaks

August 13, 2018

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Capturing Patient Experience Through Deep Learning

August 13, 2018

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Preclinical Research to Achieve Safer Prescribing of Psychoactive Therapeutics for Patients Who Use Opioids

August 9, 2018

Two female scientists wearing goggles consulting on lab results

Developing the Tools to Evaluate Complex Drug Products: Peptides

October 2, 2017

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Finding a Better Test for Predicting the Risk Drugs Pose to the Heart

June 22, 2017

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Regulatory Science is Strengthening U.S. Drug Product Manufacturing

June 22, 2017

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Developing New Ways to Evaluate Bioequivalence for Topical Drugs

September 22, 2017

Drug manufacturer wearing PPE and holding a white pill with their thumbs and index fingers

Addressing Concerns About the Quality of Generic Drugs for Treating Epilepsy

September 22, 2017

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Helping to Better Communicate the Risks and Benefits in Prescription Drug Advertising

September 22, 2017

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