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ArticleClinical therapeutics2020

COVID-19: Regulatory Landscape of Medicinal and Medical Device Products for Human Use.

Paul Beninger

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Article in Clinical therapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. An Adaptive Information Borrowing Platform Design for Testing Drug Candidates of COVID-19.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2022
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  6. COVID-19 pandemic response varies by clinical trial sponsor type.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Paul BeningerPublic Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: paul.beninger@tufts.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Against the backdrop of the COVID pandemic, the scientific and medical communities are working with all deliberate speed with state-of-the-art technologies to develop diagnostic and therapeutic products that can identify, treat, and prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2. These activities may only be legally conducted with the necessary statutes and regulations in place to facilitate the timely development, manufacturing, evaluation, and distribution of products that meet quality standards. The present regulatory landscape for medicinal and medical products for human use has been shaped by nearly 12 decades of statutory history that followed in reaction to disasters and tragedies. Five distinct, closely woven threads of statutory history have led to the regulatory infrastructure we have in place: (1) standardized processes for routine development of medicinal and medical device products for human use; (2) processes for expedited development to shorten time frames and expand patient populations; (3) mechanisms of Expanded Access to make medicinal products available to patients prior to approval of the US Food and Drug Administration; (4) Emergency Use Authorization during public health emergencies; and (5) the development of pathways for bringing generic drugs and biosimilar biologics to market. These mechanisms are being brought to bear to facilitate the defeat of infection with SARS-CoV-2.

Indexed as

Medical Device LegislationAntiviral AgentsBetacoronavirusClinical Laboratory TechniquesCoronavirus InfectionsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 TestingDrug ApprovalDrug DevelopmentHumansPandemicsPneumonia, ViralSARS-CoV-2United StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationAntiviral Agentsemergency use authorizationexpanded accessexpedited drug development

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PMID32651020
PMCPMC7321022

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