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Since 2008, the Critical Path Initiative has supported FDA’s program of intramural research projects in regulatory science, with the goal of improving translation of advances in emerging sciences to the development of safe and effective medical products. Since 2011, the research of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), including the work supported by the Critical Path Initiative, has been guided by the regulatory science needs identified in the CDER science and research needs report. In this review, the authors highlight a few of CDER’S Critical Path Initiative research projects, each addressing a different regulatory science need, to illustrate the diversity of regulatory science at CDER. They also describe elements common to these research projects, including broad collaboration with external partners, an increasing dependence on large data sets and computational models, and requirements for resources or perspectives specific to FDA.
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Geanacopoulos, M., Barratt, R. How the Critical Path Initiative Addresses CDER’s Regulatory Science Needs: Some Illustrative Examples. Ther Innov Regul Sci 49, 466–472 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1177/2168479014567323
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