June 25th 2025
The 12th edition of the European Pharmacopoeia will be an all-digital, redesigned, user-friendly issue.
June 23rd 2025
A total of 13 drugs were granted recommendation for market authorization at EMA’s CHMP June 2025 meeting.
Bulk drug calculations for different types of active moieties and drugs require different calculations and labeling.
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.
FDA Approves Injection Designed to Delay Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
Tzield (teplizumab-mzwv) injection is the first FDA-approved therapy designed to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in adults and pediatric patients 8 years and older.
FDA Committee Recommends Ardelyx Kidney Disease Drug
Initially rejected in July 2021, XPHOZAH (tenapanor) won recommendations as both a monotherapy and combination treatment from FDA’s CRDAC meeting.
Element’s New Air Treatment Testing Facility Supports Indoor Space Public Health Air Quality
Element has opened a new 7500-ft3 facility that will be used to evaluate aerosolized product efficacy for reducing airborne organisms and viral particles.
Major FDA Reform Unlikely in Closely Divided Congress
The results of the mid-term election may reduce Congress’ ability to pass FDA-related legislation during its lame duck session.
UK MHRA Expands Cosentyx License
The UK MHRA has expanded the use of Cosentyx for use in pediatric arthritic conditions.
FDA Publishes Draft Guidance Concerning Sameness in ANDAs
The latest guidance from FDA discusses recommendations on demonstrating sameness between the active ingredient in a proposed generic drug product and its reference listed drug.
Evolution of Analytical Procedure Validation Concepts: Part I – Analytical Procedure Life Cycle and Compendial Approaches
This article provides an overview of validation concept principles evolution to a life cycle risk-based approach with focus on compendial perspectives.
Streamlining Equipment Quality and Flexibility
Data analytics, modular equipment, digital tools, and risk-based validation improve speed, flexibility, and quality.
Updated Guidance to the European Data Governance Act
The DGA seeks to increase trust in data sharing, strengthen mechanisms to make data more available, and overcome obstacles to the reuse of data, which are vital ingredients to the intersectoral use of health data.
FDA User Fees Reauthorized
FDA keeps its user fees but fails to gain important reforms.
The Role of CoAs in Supplier Oversight
Industry experts discuss best practices for certificates of analysis.
Are Obesity Drugs the Next Blockbusters?
New medications show exciting outcomes for weight loss.
Principles of Equipment Qualification
Documentation is crucial to equipment qualification, says Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel.
Voice of Regulators
Next year's "FDA Voices" series will cover core topics FDA staff are prioritizing.
Considerations for E&L Analysis in Single-Use Systems
Single-use systems can benefit from standardized risk assessment and analysis protocols, which can facilitate the way in which processing equipment components are compared.
USP Revises Drug Compounding Chapters
Updates to general chapters on compounding, <795> Nonsterile Preparations and <797> Sterile Preparation, include requirements for equipment, cleaning, personnel garb, labeling, and surface contamination testing.
FDA Embroiled in Reproductive Rights Debate
A possible change in leadership on Capitol Hill has aggravated fears of political push-back on FDA regulation and approval of contraceptives and other medications.
FDA Approves AstraZeneca’s Imjudo for Combination Liver Cancer Treatment
AstraZeneca’s Imjudo (tremelimumab) was approved by FDA in combination with Imfinzi (durvalumab) for treating unresectable liver cancer.
Pressure Mounts for FDA to Reform Accelerated Approval Program
An advisory committee’s vote to remove Makena from the market illustrates how difficult it is for regulators to ensure that such drugs document safety and effectiveness in a timely manner.
WHO Ranks South Africa’s Vaccine Regulatory System at a Functional Level of Maturity
South Africa’s vaccine regulator has reached new WHO level to ensure safety, quality, and effectiveness.
EMA Extends Use of COVID-19 Vaccines to Children
The agency has recommended approval of Comirnaty and Spikevax for children from six months of age.
EMA Recommends Adapted Spikevax Vaccine
The agency has recommended authorization of the Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine that targets the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.
Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disease Treatment Receives Marketing Authorization Recommendation from EMA
Ebvallo (tabelecleucel) would be the first EMA-approved therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory Epstein-Barr virus positive post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease.
EMA Announces Positive Indication for Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine
Takeda’s dengue vaccine is designed to prevent disease caused by virus serotypes 1, 2, 3, and 4 in individuals four and older.
Nitrosamides–Should They Be Treated the Same as Nitrosamines?
The authors discuss the differences in mechanism of activation of N-nitrosamides versus N-nitrosamines and the fact that they should not be treated the same.
FDA Authorizes Bivalent COVID-19 Boosters for Children Ages Five and Older
FDA amended its authorization for the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster vaccines to permit their use in children as young as five years old.
FDA Expands Oversight of Cell and Gene Therapies
CBER maps modernization plan to handle surge in research and applications.
UK Approves Treatment for Sleep Onset Insomnia in Children and Adolescents
The UK’s MHRA has approved Colonis’ melatonin oral solution for sleep onset insomnia in children and adolescents with ADHD.
Testing for Adventitious Agents in Viral Vector Production
Production of viral vectors requires a holistic view of the product, including its manufacturing process and its ultimate end use.
FDA Grants Fast Track Designation to Cue Biopharma
FDA has granted Fast Track designation for CUE-101, a treatment of recurrent/metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.