Quality Systems

Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer of the EMA, discusses manufacturing supply, drug shortages, commercial incentives, politics, and patient wellbeing.

FDA's Drug Safety Priorities FY23 describes the center’s key safety programs and activities involved in promoting and protecting public health.

FDA has approved Iovance Biotherapeutics’ Amtagvi (lifileucel) for treating patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer at the European Medicines Agency, provides insight on regulatory challenges in Europe.

Two public electronic catalogues will be available for real-world data sources and for real-world data studies.

This article looks at the relationship between a CDMO quality organization and the client.

What do you need to ask during the vetting and selection process to ensure your clinical or commercial program won’t be derailed by a quality-related problem?

The agency’s safety committee stressed the risk of potential adverse reactions involved with taking Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir, ritonavir) in combination with certain immunosuppressants.

The guidance discusses how to timely notify the agency of changes in production of APIs and finished products.

NICE has recommended the use of AbbVie's Tepkinly as a treatment option for eligible adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

This article introduces that the basic technique for tolerance interval is implemented using the conventional range 85–115% LC where the proposed range in the PF is not taken into account.

Continuous manufacturing and a quality-by-design development approach are a natural fit.

Technical, regulatory, and personnel considerations characterize pharmaceutical compounding.

The agency will coordinate intra-regional medicines regulation to strengthen the African regulatory network.

The UK’s IRP increases flexibility and will help speed up product approvals and patient access to medicines.

The final guidance provides specific recommendations for CMC, pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical study design for CAR-T cell products.

An interview with Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer, European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The immune-resetting peptide, developed by Revolo Biotherapeutics, received positive results from its Phase IIb study.

The final guidance provides recommendations for developing gene therapy products incorporating genome editing of human somatic cells.

The company issued the recall because of a package mislabeling problem.

Takeda has received FDA approval for HYQVIA, a subcutaneous immunoglobulin for the maintenance treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

The agency recommended 77 drugs for marketing authorization in 2023, including 39 new APIs.

FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research released its report on new drugs approved in 2023.

The agency is reviewing data on secondary malignancies related to T-cells for approved CAR T-cell medicines.

The European Medicines Agency safety committee says there is a potential risk of neurodevelopment disorders in children born to men treated with valproate.

Harmonization of global regulations fosters innovation and ensures quality medicines.

FDA is anticipating how AI may advance manufacturing and improve supply chain security.

The SD File format offers benefits for KASA and cheminformatics to support regulatory submissions.

Quality Quartets may be used to achieve knowledge-driven, risk-based approaches to commissioning and qualification that are consistent with ICH Q9(R1) principles.

This paper explores the relationship between investing in pharmaceutical manufacturing risk reduction and meeting business objectives.