Quality Systems

USP is developing mRNA quality guidelines to help companies and regulators bring innovative medicines to market faster.

MHRA has opened a consultation on the proposed changes to clinical trial legislation in the UK.

Novavax announces the first doses of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine have begun shipping to European Union member states.

The European Medicines Regulatory Network has adopted a Common Standard for the electronic product information on medicines in the European Union.

FDA officials and their scientific advisors have come down hard on clinical development programs that rely on study results from a single foreign country, instead of from multi-regional trials following harmonized R&D standards.

FDA has approved Pyrukynd (mitapivat) tablets to treat hemolytic anemia in adults with pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency.

EC has approved Oxbryta (voxelotor) as a treatment for hemolytic anemia in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) age 12 years and older.

The EC approved AstraZeneca’s Saphenlo (anifrolumab) for the treatment of active autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus.

Guidance published during the pandemic has been updated to include content requirements for summary safety reports.

The agency’s safety committee is assessing reported cases of period irregularities associated with Comirnaty and Spikevax mRNA vaccines.

The agency’s safety committee is reviewing the use of Janus kinase inhibitors to treat inflammatory disorders because of the potential for major cardiovascular problems.

The agency recommended 53 new active substances in 2021, up 35% from 2020.

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Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine has received conditional marketing authorization from MHRA and provisional approval from Medsafe.

EMA has started its evaluation of an application for the use of a booster dose of Comirnaty in adolescents aged 12–15 years.

EMA has started the establishment of its Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN EU) Coordination Centre.

FDA has approved sutimlimab-jome as a treatment for hemolysis in individuals with CAD.

With new COVID-19 infections declining, the agency is resuming domestic inspections of drug manufacturing facilities.

The agency approved Roche’s Vabysmo to treat neovascular or “wet” age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.

A range of political issues have impacted FDA initiatives vital to the agency’s effectiveness and stature, both at home and on the important global stage.

Janssen has submitted a MAA to the EMA for teclistamab as a treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM).

pharmasol has completed the strategic merger with PharmaLex.

The UK’s NICE issued a Final Appraisal Document recommending marketing authorization for AstraZeneca’s chronic kidney disease treatment, Forxiga (dapagliflozin).

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