ISTAND Program

Spotlight Events & Announcements Get Started with Your SubmissionThe Innovative Science and Technology Approaches for New Drugs (ISTAND) Program accepts submissions for qualification of types of drug development tools (DDTs) that are out of scope for existing DDT...

Digital Health Technologies

Digital health technologies (DHTs) offer many potential benefits in the development of medical products, including drugs. Advances in DHTs, including electronic sensors, computing platforms and information technology, provide new opportunities to obtain clinical trial...

Novel Excipient Review Pilot Program

FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s (CDER) Office of New Drugs (OND) recently launched a pilot program on Novel Excipient Review. The pilot program offers a new pathway for drug manufacturers to obtain FDA review of certain novel excipients (inactive...

ISTAND Program Submission Process

Submission ProcessThe 21st Century Cures Act formally established a multi-step process for Drug Development Tools (DDT) qualification. Qualification of a DDT is for a specific context of use (COU), and the qualified DDT may be used for the COU by any person in drug or...