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The Food and Drug Administration has resumed domestic biopharma inspections for the first time since March 2020. But not surprisingly, the agency finds itself confronting a major pandemic backlog.
At a regulatory event this week, acting FDA commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock announced that, as of July, the agency had âbegun transitioning back to standard operations for domestic inspections, while continuing to prioritize mission-critical work for foreign inspections.â
A halt in on-site visits during the COVID-19 pandemic led to an accumulation of more than 8,000 delayed non-mission-critical surveillance inspections â including food and drug products â as well as around 50 delayed human drug applications.
While experts agree the announcement represented a step in the right direction, a return to some semblance of normalcy wonât come without its challenges.
A few weeks ago a new drug to treat Alzheimerâs disease hit the market.
The FDA announced it had approved aducanumab marketed under the brand name Aduhelm by the biotech company Biogen. Predictably, the Alzheimerâs Association, a patient advocacy group, hailed the news as a âvictory for people living with Alzheimerâs and their familiesâ and one that âushers in a new era in Alzheimerâs treatment and research.â
Such glowing statements from patient advocacy groups are common when a new pharmaceutical hits the market. So itâs no wonder the Alzheimerâs Association announced that it âenthusiastically welcomesâ the drugâs âhistoric FDA approval.â
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