Last week, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA” or the “Agency”) issued a second discussion paper on the use of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning (“ML”) with respect to drug and biological products, this time focusing on the use of AI/ML in the drug and biologic development process,
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Paula Katz
Paula Katz is a regulatory attorney with nearly 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical and medical products compliance and enforcement matters. Prior to joining the firm, Paula was the Director of Guidance and Policy in FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Office of Manufacturing Quality. At FDA, Paula was responsible for development of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) and drug quality policy and served as a clearing official on drug quality compliance actions. Paula brings her years of FDA experience to bear in providing clients with practical advice on a wide range of regulatory compliance and enforcement issues, including managing and responding to regulatory inspections, quality and safety reporting, regulatory outreach, product recalls, and investigations. She also routinely advises on regulatory aspects of commercial agreements and life sciences transactions and provides critical subject matter expertise to support commercial and government litigation and investigations.
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Electronic Systems, Records, and Signatures in Clinical Investigations
On March 15, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) issued a draft guidance entitled Electronic Systems, Electronic Records, and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations: Questions and Answers (2023 Draft Guidance). The 2023 Draft Guidance revises the draft guidance for industry the Agency issued in June…
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On March 23, 2023, FDA released a Framework for the use of digital health technologies in drug and biological product development (the “DHT Framework”). This DHT Framework is on the heels of a Discussion Paper the Agency released earlier this month on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug…
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