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== Divisions ==
== Divisions ==
CDER is divided into 8 sections with different responsibilities:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OrganizationCharts/UCM439876.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=2017-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113043256/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OrganizationCharts/UCM439876.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm075128.htm|title=About the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - CDER Offices and Divisions|first=Center for Drug Evaluation and|last=Research|website=www.fda.gov|date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
CDER is divided into 8 sections with different responsibilities:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OrganizationCharts/UCM439876.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |access-date=2017-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113043256/https://www.fda.gov/downloads/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OrganizationCharts/UCM439876.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/CentersOffices/OfficeofMedicalProductsandTobacco/CDER/ucm075128.htm|title=About the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - CDER Offices and Divisions|first=Center for Drug Evaluation and|last=Research|website=www.fda.gov|date=3 March 2022}}</ref>
* 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