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=== Office of New Drugs ===
=== Office of New Drugs ===
* This office is responsible for oversight of clinical trials and other studies during drug development, and for the evaluation of new drug applications
This office is responsible for oversight of clinical trials and other studies during drug development, and for the evaluation of new drug applications
* The Office of New Drugs is divided into several departments based on the indication of the drug (the medical need for which it is being proposed)
 
The Office of New Drugs is divided into several departments based on the indication of the drug (the medical need for which it is being proposed)


=== Office of Generic Drugs ===
=== Office of Generic Drugs ===
* This office reviews generic drug applications to ensure generic drugs are equivalent to their branded forms
This office reviews generic drug applications to ensure generic drugs are equivalent to their branded forms


=== Office of Strategic Programs ===
=== Office of Strategic Programs ===
* This office is responsible for business programs, represents CDER in the FDA Bioinformatics Board, and communicates with other agencies  
This office is responsible for business programs, represents CDER in the FDA Bioinformatics Board, and communicates with other agencies


=== Office of Pharmaceutical Quality ===
=== Office of Pharmaceutical Quality ===
* This office is responsible for integrating assessment, inspection, surveillance, policy, and research activities to strengthen pharmaceutical quality on a global scale.  
This office is responsible for integrating assessment, inspection, surveillance, policy, and research activities to strengthen pharmaceutical quality on a global scale.


=== Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology ===
=== Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology ===
* This office is responsible for post-marketing surveillance to identify adverse effects that may not have been apparent during clinical trials, using the [[MedWatch]] program
This office is responsible for post-marketing surveillance to identify adverse effects that may not have been apparent during clinical trials, using the [[MedWatch]] program


=== Office of Translational Sciences ===
=== Office of Translational Sciences ===
* This office promotes collaboration across offices in CDER by maintaining databases and biostatistical tools for evaluating drugs
This office promotes collaboration across offices in CDER by maintaining databases and biostatistical tools for evaluating drugs


=== Office of Medical and Regulatory Policy ===
=== Office of Medical and Regulatory Policy ===
* This office develops and reviews guidelines pertinent to CDER's mission of ensuring the safety of drugs
This office develops and reviews guidelines pertinent to CDER's mission of ensuring the safety of drugs


=== Office of Compliance ===
=== Office of Compliance ===
* This office ensures compliance with regulations relating to drug development and marketing
This office ensures compliance with regulations relating to drug development and marketing


==History==
==History==