Quality Systems

New FDA guidance offers a time buffer but increases supply-chain-management complexity, as active DSCSA enforcement begins.

A statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Deputy Commissioner Anna Abram detailed FDA’s new plan to advance plant and animal biotechnology innovation.

Mock inspections-if conducted properly-can prepare a pharma company for the day FDA knocks on the door.

The companies announced the European launch of Imraldi (adalimumab), a biosimilar referencing AbbVie’s blockbuster Humira (adalimumab).

Mylan announced the launch of its biosimilar to AbbVie’s Humira across major European markets.

A new proposal aims to reduce reimbursement for medicines administered to seniors under the Part B benefit to an amount pegged to the average price paid in foreign industrial nations.

The agency has approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated influenza.

Takhzyro (lanadelumab) is the first monoclonal antibody therapy approved for the prevention of recurrent attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE) in patients aged 12 years and older.

Promise Pharmacy recalls one lot of Prednisolone and Gatifloxacin Ophthalmic Solution 1%/0.5% sterile, 3mL vials due to particulates in the solution.

The recommended drugs include one biosimilar, two orphan medicines, and three extensions of therapeutic indication.

This article explores major aspects for United States biotech companies to consider when creating a compliant post-Brexit strategy.

To achieve a more dynamic marketplace, FDA is issuingguidance documents and targeted advisories to support R&D on complex generics and combination products.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has published its proposed rule on the disclosure of drug prices, just in time for the November mid-term elections.

The agency is developing technology- and disease-specific regulatory frameworks for innovations that may not have previously had a clear development pathway.

The guidance describes the agency's recommendations on how to group patients with different molecular alterations and approaches for evaluating the benefits and risks of targeted therapies where some molecular alterations may occur at low frequencies.

The new guidance, Rare Diseases: 2 Early Drug Development and the Role of Pre-IND Meetings Guidance for Industry, discusses the planning of pre-IND meetings with FDA and sponsors.

Congress approves bills with provisions important to FDA and industry, some of which reflect continuing concerns about drug pricing and transparency.

Audits by independent experts promise to ease the burden that customer audits can have on suppliers, while ensuring drug manufacturers that ingredients meet strict cGMP standards.

Experts blame the recalls, not on cGMP failures, but on inadequate risk assessment of processes that can generate toxic impurities.

Efforts strive to harmonize bioanalytical method validation for non-clinical and clinical studies.

Susan Schniepp, executive vice-president of Post-Approval Pharma and Distinguished Fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates, takes a look at the regulations around data integrity and how they relate to the concept of quality culture.

A European task force outlines its upcoming efforts to combat drug shortages.

Internal release limits help ensure that a batch of drug product remains within specifications throughout its shelf life. This article explores what internal release limits are and why they are important.

Preventing problems in implementing a manufacturing execution system requires upfront analysis and detailed planning.

FDA is joining with other federal health agencies and the biomedical research community to advance the science, regulatory policies, and reimbursement strategies to support innovation in antimicrobials.

This pharma insight briefing from Agilent Technologies will cover the application of Raman and infrared spectroscopy for pharmaceutical quality control (QC).

The agency sent a warning letter to the Indian company after an inspection found CGMP violations that included a lack of written procedures and analytical testing.

CDER director plans to start implementation of new review practices by the end of 2018.

The sterile-manufacturing contract development manufacturing organization is approved by FDA for viral vector manufacturing fill/finish processing at its biologics facility in Scotland, UK.

The agency announced that differences in strength expression on product labels of compounders and conventional manufacturers may lead to dosing errors.