FDA Drug Information Updates

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Experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discuss important new drug information as well as urgent insights about approved drug products.

  1. 2018-07-31

    The FAERS Public Dashboard and its Value to the Pharmaceutical Industry

    The FDA has made strides in improving transparency and data access, and has implemented tools to allow the pharmaceutical industry and the public to transform raw data into usable information. One of these tools is called the FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard. In this episode, the architects of the FAERS Public Dashboard – Deputy Director of the Regulatory Science Staff Suranjan De, and Acting Team Lead in Regulatory Science Information Sanjay Sahoo—both of CDER’s Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology, highlight their work with this new online tool.

    25 min

  2. 2018-05-04

    FDA Warns of Serious Immune Reaction with Seizure/BPD Medicine Lamotrigine (Lamictal)

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that the medicine lamotrigine (Lamictal) for seizures and bipolar disorder can cause a rare but very serious reaction that excessively activates the body’s infection-fighting immune system. This can cause severe inflammation throughout the body and lead to hospitalization and death, especially if the reaction is not diagnosed and treated quickly. A link to the full communication detailing specific information for health care professionals and a list of FDA-approved GBCAs can be found at www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety Released 4/25/2018

    3 min

  3. 2018-01-07

    FDA D.I.S.C.O.: First Biosimilar Approval for the Treatment of Cancer

    Oncologists Dr. Sanjeeve Bala and Dr. Abhilasha Nair from FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence discuss the recent approval of bevacizumab-awwb, a biosimilar to US-licensed Avastin, marketed as MVASI. MVASI is the first biosimilar approved in the US for the treatment of cancer. Released on December 21, 2017

    8 min

  4. 2018-01-05

    FDA Requires New Class Warnings for All Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents

    The FDA announced that it is requiring a new class warning and other safety measures for all gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for magnetic resonance imaging (or MRI) concerning gadolinium remaining in patients’ bodies, including the brain, for months to years after receiving these drugs. Report side effects involving GBCAs to FDA’s MedWatch program at www.fda.gov/medwatch. A link to the full communication detailing specific information for health care professionals and a list of FDA approved GBCAs can be found at www.fda.gov/DrugSafety. Released 12/19/2017

    3 min

  5. 2018-01-04

    FDA Review: Adding LABAs to ICS Treatment Does Not Significantly Increase Serious Asthma Outcomes Risk

    The FDA announced that a review of four large clinical safety trials shows that treating asthma with long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) in combination with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) does not result in significantly more serious asthma-related side effects than treatment with ICS alone. A link to the full communication detailing information for health care professionals and the Data Summary can be found at www.fda.gov/DrugSafetyCommunications. Released 12/20/2017

    3 min

  6. 2017-10-29

    The FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) Public Dashboard

    Many listeners may be familiar with the FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System or FAERS. Data in FAERS supports the FDA's post-marketing safety surveillance program for drug products and therapeutic biologic products. Recently, CDER's Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology created and released a tool that makes FAERS data easier to query and retrieve. This new interactive dashboard is designed to expand access of FAERS data to the general public. Dr. Janet Woodcock, Director of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, discusses the advantages of the tool as well as its limitations.

    9 min

  7. 2017-08-17

    FDA D.I.S.C.O.: L-Glutamine for Sickle Cell Disease

    FDA medical oncologists discuss the July 7, 2017, approval of l-glutamine to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease. Released August 17, 2017

    5 min

  8. 2017-07-28

    FDA D.I.S.C.O.: Osimertinib for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    FDA medical oncologists discuss the approval of osimertinib for EGFR mutation-positive non-small cell lung cancer. Released July 28, 2017

    6 min
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