Regulatory Oversight and Compliance

The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research is studying factors that influence the development of generic versions of brand-name drugs.

The agency published clinical data on remdesivir and information about COVID-19 treatments that have received scientific advice or informal guidance from EMA’s pandemic Task Force.

FDA published guidance for submitting standardized study data in electronic format.

The complaint aims to stop the company from manufacturing and distributing animal drugs in conditions unsatisfactory to the minimum regulatory requirements to ensure safety and quality.

FDA has granted priority review for the companies’ sBLA for Enhertu, an ADC for treating gastric cancers.

Pfizer has announced that FDA has accepted for filing and granted priority review designation for a new drug application and EMA has accepted the MAA for abrocitinib.

Delivery will commence over the course of two months following the EUA and the government will have the ability to purchase up to 650,000 additional vials of the treatment through June 30, 2021 based on product availability and medical need.

Gilead’s antiviral drug Veklury is the first approved treatment in the US for COVID-19.

EC has granted orphan drug designation to Pharming Group for its treatment of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome, leniolisib.

The Swiss marketing and distribution partner of Diurnal Group, EffRx Pharmaceuticals, has submitted a MAA for Alkindi to Swissmedic.

The agency’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee met to discuss COVID-19 vaccine approvals, post-marketing safety studies, and ongoing safety monitoring of vaccines.

Subsequent guidance and manufacturing realities make portions of USP Chapters <62 >and <111> significantly less relevant. The authors suggest formal chapter revisions.

FDA issued guidance for applicants that must report annually on the status of postmarketing studies and clinical trials under section 506B of the FD&C Act.

FDA sent a warning letter to LEC Custom Products for a variety of CGMP violations including use of inappropriate equipment and processes.

For planned acquisitions or licensing, a careful analysis of CMCl factors is vital to ensure no problem areas are overlooked.

Analysts should understand how a monograph, together with the associated general notices and general chapters, relate to their responsibilities under good manufacturing practices.

Ongoing and emerging cyber-risks to legacy operational technology systems in bio/pharmaceutical manufacturing must be addressed.

Consistent product quality requires a clear understanding of the essence of CGMPs. Experts fear that the message is not always getting through to compounders.

FDA’s final CMC guidance sets expectations for manufacturing and quality for human gene therapy INDs. This article reviews existing analytical applications, focusing on viral vector characterization of impurities.

The IQ Consortium marks a decade of impactful innovation of collaboration through a network of pharmaceutical companies driving change for the bio/pharmaceutical industry.

Building employee participation and forming good habits contribute to a company-wide quality culture that pays off.

Find links to pertinent regulatory and standard setting resources, guidance documents, and guidelines.

Connect with pharmaceutical and healthcare regulatory authorities around the world via this directory.

The approval comes after a Phase III trial that showed Keytruda reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 35%.

Oxular has been granted rare pediatric disease and orphan drug designations by the US FDA for its proprietary drug, OXU-003.

The UK's MHRA has joined the Australia-Canada-Singapore-Switzerland (ACSS) Consortium of regulators.

Bio/pharma industry leaders support FDA’s newly published EUA guidance for COVID-19 vaccine authorization.

The guidance provides recommendations for data and information needed to support an EUA for COVID-19 vaccines.

The agency sent an open letter to European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly affirming the agency’s intention to apply the same standards to the evaluation of COVID-19 treatments as it does to other medicines.

The case for migrating from a paper-based quality management system to a digital platform is presented.