June 23rd 2025
A total of 13 drugs were granted recommendation for market authorization at EMA’s CHMP June 2025 meeting.
June 19th 2025
NIBRT, Firefinch, and eg technology will join the center, adding to its collective of healthcare innovators.
The new facility offers cleanroom packaging and high-sensitivity analytical testing.
June 18th 2025
The Commissioner’s National Priority Voucher can be used by drug developers to participate in a novel priority program for shortened drug approval review time.
June 12th 2025
The warning letters deal with a range of violations involving items from personal hygienic products to mismarketed analgesics.
FDA Issues Guidance on Bioequivalence
Draft guidance recommends in-vitro and in-vivo studies to establish bioequivalence.
Regulatory Authorities Discuss Elemental Impurities Standards
FDA Announces More Compounding Pharmacy Recalls
FDA inspections reveal possible inaccurate sterility testing.
Validation Boot Camp, Part 1
Video recorded at Validation Week Canada
Sanofi Pasteur's Meningococcal Vaccine is Prequalified by the World Health Organization
Prequalification of Sanofi Pasteur?s Menomune vaccine makes it eligible for purchase by United Nations agencies.
FDA Works to Secure Drug Supply Chain
New FDA supply chain policies aim to strengthen inspection and oversight processes.
Quality by Design in APIs
The adoption of quality by design in small-molecule drug development and manufacturing continues to evolve as the industry seeks ways to augment process understanding for APIs
EU Raises API Standards: A Curse in Disguise?
The aim of the European Falsified Medicines Directive is to improve the quality of imported APIs, but does the pain now outweigh the gain?
The Basics of Measurement Uncertainty in Pharma Analysis
How good is a reportable value?
Report from Brazil September 2013
Pharma eyes biologics production in Brazil as the government begins to recognize the potential of these drugs.
The Elements of Training
Establishing a well-defined training program is a crucial activity for any biopharmaceutical organization.
Optimizing Quality by Design in Bulk Powders and Solid Dosage
Case studies on the manufacture of a bluk powder and the development of a tablet show the application of QbD principles.
FDA Publishes Draft Questions and Answers to Generic-Drug Stability Testing Guidance
FDA's draft guidance provides answers to questions received on FDA's abbreviated new drug application stability guidance.
Takeda Researchers Achieve Kilogram-scale GMP Production of a TORC1/2 Inhibitor
Installation of a quaternary chiral center with high enantioselectivity using memory of chirality enabled the six-step synthesis of the desired active compound.
Dr. Reddy’s Voluntarily Recalls Five Lots of Ranitidine
Dr. Reddy's initiates voluntary recall of ranitidine due to microbial contamination.
PACK EXPO Showcases Solutions for Inspection and Serialization
Companies exhibit developments for pharmaceutical packaging to meet needs, such as e-pedigree and inspection requirements.
The Truth Behind China Bribery Scandals
The last few weeks have seen the media swamped with stories about the rampant bribery clawing the pharmaceutical industry in China.
FDA and EMA Publish Assessment of QbD for Marketing Applications
Agencies collaborate to ensure consistent product quality.
FDA Reviews Outdated Guidance Documents
CDER withdraws some outdated guidance documents and makes plans to finalize others.
FDA Issues Final Guidance for Oversight of Clinical Investigations
The guidance describes a risk-based approach to monitoring of clinical trials.
ICH Guideline for Elemental Impurities Moves to Step 2b
A proposed new guideline provides a global policy for limiting metal impurities qualitatively and quantitatively in drug products and ingredients.
New Gene Patent Rules
The US Supreme Court's Myriad decision satisfied both patient groups and patent holders
Regulatory Inspections Get Serious
Siegfried Schmitt of PAREXEL explains how regulatory agencies are getting serious about inspections.
Seeking Harmonization in Nanomedicines Regulatory Framework
Nanomedicines have been authorized by European licensing agencies for more than 30 years but are still posing regulatory difficulties.
Report from India
Industry players brace themselves to face challenges as India's new drug-pricing policy kicks in full gear.
Regulatory Roundup
Appropriate use of medications promises to improve patient care and curb spending, prompting pharmacists, public health authorities, and manufacturers to promote multiple adherence strategies.
Report from South Korea
The bio-pharmaceutical business outlook in South Korea remains positive.
Generic Drugs Face Regulatory and Scientific Challenges
FDA funds research to further development of innovative generics, while working to address review and approval issues.
Defining Quality Agreements
Recent draft guidance from FDA on contract manufacturing and quality agreements highlights the importance of such agreements and define the roles and responsibilities of each party to be in keeping with quality risk-management principles.
Rx-360 Advances Supply-Chain Security
Rx-360, a pharmaceutical industry supply-chain consortium, is advancing approaches between pharmaceutical companies, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to better secure the pharmaceutical supply chain.