Regulatory

Approvals, CHMP opinions, FDA decisions, guidelines, designations and regulatory policy.

14 November 2026
RegulatoryGuideline · final

Statistical Approaches To Establishing Bioequivalence

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "Statistical Approaches to Establishing Bioequivalence." This guidance provides recommendations to sponsors and applicants planning to use equivalence criteria in analyzing bioequivalence (BE) studies for investigational new drug applications (INDs), new drug applications (NDAs), abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs), and amendments and supplements to these applications. The guidance discusses statistical approaches for BE comparisons and focuses on how to use these approaches both generally and in specific situations. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance of the same title issued on December 5, 2022, and replaces the guidance of the same title issued on February 2, 2001.

🇺🇸 FDA · Fri 29 May 2026
RegulatoryGuideline · final

M11 Clinical Electronic Structured Harmonised Protocol (CeSHarP); International Council for Harmonisation

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry entitled "M11 Clinical Electronic Structured Harmonised Protocol (CeSHarP)." The guidance was prepared under the auspices of the International Council for Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The guidance includes three documents: a guidance, a template, and a technical specification document. The guidance provides the rationale and recommendations for implementing a harmonized digital clinical trial protocol. The template features standardized content structure and formatting, including headers and common text elements. The technical specification document contains harmonized terminologies and standardized data fields to enable electronic exchange of clinical protocol information. The intent of the guidance is to create an internationally harmonized standard for the content and exchange of clinical trial protocol information, facilitating the review and assessment by regulators, sponsors, ethical oversight bodies, investigators, and other stakeholders.

🇺🇸 FDA · ICH · Fri 22 May 2026
RegulatoryGuideline · final

Clostridioides Difficile Infection: Developing Drugs for Treatment, Reduction of Recurrence, or Prevention

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry titled "Clostridioides difficile Infection: Developing Drugs for Treatment, Reduction of Recurrence, or Prevention." The purpose of this guidance is to assist sponsors in the clinical development of drugs to support an indication of treatment, reduction of recurrence, or prevention of Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). This guidance finalizes the draft guidance titled "Clostridioides difficile Infection: Developing Drugs for Treatment, Reduction of Recurrence, and Prevention" issued on October 28. 2022.

🇺🇸 FDA · Mon 11 May 2026
RegulatoryGuideline · final

Postapproval Pregnancy Safety Studies

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry titled "Postapproval Pregnancy Safety Studies." The purpose of this guidance will be to provide sponsors and investigators with recommendations on how to design investigations to assess the outcomes in pregnant women exposed to drug and biological products regulated by FDA (i.e., pregnancy safety studies) in the postapproval setting. This guidance finalizes the draft guidance of the same name issued on May 9, 2019.

🇺🇸 FDA · Mon 11 May 2026
RegulatoryGuideline · final

Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Developing Drugs for Treatment

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for industry titled "Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Developing Drugs for Treatment." The purpose of this guidance is to assist sponsors in the clinical development of new antibacterial drugs for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). This guidance finalizes the draft guidance of the same title issued on December 15, 2022.

🇺🇸 FDA · Mon 11 May 2026

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