RWE for Regulatory Decision Making

ISPE newly ratified Statement on RWE produced by the RWE “Pop-up” Working Group

ISPE RWE-related Guidance Documents and Policy Statements

1. https://www.ispor.org/docs/default-source/strategic-initiatives/rwe-data-treatment-comparative-effectiveness-guideline.pdf?sfvrsn=b4b98f3b_2
2. https://www.ispor.org/docs/default-source/strategic-initiatives/rwe-reproducibility-validity-assessment-healthcare-databases-guideline.pdf?sfvrsn=649977b2_2
3. https://www.ispor.org/docs/default-source/strategic-initiatives/rwe-healthcare-decision-making-guideline.pdf?sfvrsn=56d9b92_2
4. https://pharmacoepi.org/pub/FD498949-FDC8-7D05-0866-3A7FC06C7C9A
5. https://pharmacoepi.org/pub/F2B27224-B9E2-3FEB-C33B-12D38B258782

Relevant RWE Guidance documents from Health Authorities

North America

Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

• Guidance: Submitting Documents Utilizing Real-World Data and Real-World Evidence to FDA for Drugs and Biologics
• Guidance: Use of Real-World Evidence to Support Regulatory Decision-Making for Medical Devices
• Guidance: Use of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Investigations
• Framework for FDA’s Real-World Evidence Program

https://www.fda.gov/science-research/science-and-research-special-topics/real-world-evidence

• Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments (PDUFA VI)

https://www.fda.gov/industry/prescription-drug-user-fee-amendments/pdufa-vi-fiscal-years-2018-2022

• 21st Century Cures Act

https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/selected-amendments-fdc-act/21st-century-cures-act

Health Canada

• Elements of Real World Data/Evidence Quality throughout the Prescription Drug Product Life Cycle
• RWE for Drugs Project
• Overall R2D2 project

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/drugs-health-products/drug-products/announcements/optimizing-real-world-evidence-regulatory-decisions.html

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)

https://www.cadth.ca/use-real-world-evidence-single-drug-assessments-environmental-scan

United Kingdom

UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency

• Guidance on GxP data integrity

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-gxp-data-integrity

UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

• Evidence standards framework for digital health technologies

https://www.nice.org.uk/about/what-we-do/our-programmes/evidence-standards-framework-for-digital-health-technologies

Europe

European Medicines Agency (EMA)

• post-authorisation

https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/human-regulatory/post-authorisation

Asia

China National Medical Products Administration

http://www.nmpa.gov.cn/WS04/CL2042/

Japan Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
https://www.pmda.go.jp/english/pnavi_e-01.html

• Office of Advanced Evaluation with Electronic Data

https://www.pmda.go.jp/english/review-services/reviews/advanced-efforts/0002.html
 

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