Dec 13, 2024   SOURCE: PR NewsWire

FDA Roundup: December 13, 2024

SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is providing an at-a-glance summary of news from around the agency:

    --  On Thursday, the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
        announced the new CDER Center for Real-World Evidence Innovation (CCRI)
        which aims to coordinate, advance, and promote the use of real-world
        data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) in regulatory decision-making
        across CDER. For more information as it becomes available, visit the
        CCRI webpage.


    --  On Thursday, MedPage Today published an article authored by FDA
        Commissioner, Dr. Robert Califf and CDER's deputy center director for
        Substance Use and Behavioral Health, Dr. Marta Sokolowska. The op-ed
        discusses the FDA's recently launched Prescribe with Confidence
        campaign, which aims to inform, encourage and provide resources to
        prescribers on utilizing medication to treat opioid use disorder.


    --  On Thursday, the FDA issued a letter to retailers and distributors of
        cookware products to inform them that certain imported cookware products
        made from aluminum, brass, and aluminum alloys known as
        Hindalium/Hindolium or Indalium/Indolium, demonstrate the potential to
        leach lead into food and that this cookware should not be distributed or
        sold in the U.S. market.


    --  On Wednesday, the FDA issued updated guidance entitled Guidance for
        Industry: Registration and Listing of Cosmetic Product Facilities and
        Products. In summary, the guidance finalizes the frequently asked
        questions and answers (FAQ) in Appendix B (Q1-19). In addition, the
        guidance includes three new FAQ in Appendix B (Q20-22) for comment
        purposes before they are finalized. Submit comments by January 13, 2025.
    --  On February 5, 2025, the FDA's Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory
        Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory
        Committee will hold a joint public meeting. The committees will discuss
        the findings of prospective and retrospective epidemiological studies
        examining the risks and predictors of misuse, abuse, addiction, and
        fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose in patients with long-term use of
        opioid analgesics. The docket will be open for public review and comment
        until February 4, 2025.

Additional Resources:

    --  FDA Newsroom

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