Regulatory Oversight and Compliance

The UK’s General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has strengthened its guidance for online pharmacies to further safeguard patients when purchasing medicines.

The agency recommended marketing authorization for two orphan drugs and treatments for opioid dependence, HIV, cancer, and more.

The CHMP has recommended that Sixmo (buprenorphine) be granted a marketing authorization in the EU as a substitution treatment for opioid dependence.

EMA has revealed that it is updating the prescribing information of Tyverb (lapatinib) as a result of the detection of errors in study results.

Delays in revisions to guidelines by the European Union are impeding the pharmaceutical industry.

Horizon Europe gains parliamentary endorsement, bringing it closer to becoming a reality.

A new conference is set to provide a platform for European regulatory professionals to come together to discuss relevant issues and share expertise.

Regis Technologies reported that no Form 483 observations were issued following a routine FDA inspection.

The company’s center of excellence for advanced analytical testing passed GMP inspection from the European Medicines Agency.

The Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS) has released an updated agenda for its forthcoming conference, RAPS Regulatory Conference-Europe 2019.

CDER Director Janet Woodcock is finalizing this more streamlined approach process for evaluating new drugs to handle the surge in drug application submissions.

The company passed a seven-day FDA surveillance GMP inspection and announced two upcoming manufacturing partnerships.

The agency provides recommendations for the development of bispecific antibody development programs that include regulatory, quality, nonclinical, and clinical considerations.

AstraZeneca and MSD have announced the EC's approval of Lynparza (olaparib) as a monotherapy in the treatment of advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Novartis has announced that FDA has accepted its biologics license application (BLA) for brolucizumab (RTH258) for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

EC has granted approval of Pfizer’s VIZIMPRO (dacomitinib) as a monotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced or non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Sharpless will seek further solutions to the opioid crisis and work to reduce cigarette use in adults and kids.

FDA sent a warning letter to RIJ Pharmaceutical LLC after an inspection of the company’s Middletown, NY facility found CGMP violations.

The agency sent a warning letter to Luen Fook Medicine Sdn., Bhd. for CGMP violations found at the company’s Malaysia facility.

EMA is evaluating the safety of Lemtrada (alemtuzumab) after new side effects were reported.

At INTERPHEX 2019, CEO Richard Johnson highlighted the importance of PDA’s new Asian business unit and outlined the organization’s plans. Data integrity guidance for manufacturing and quality systems will be published by the end of the year, as efforts move into big data and artificial intelligence.

NICE has not recommended the use of Novartis’ Kisqali (ribociclib) in combination with fulvestrant for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, advanced breast cancer.

The European Medicines Agency weighs in on the role of regulators in determining added benefits of novel therapies.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Janet Woodcock, director of FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, expect shortages to ease within six months. Although recycled solvents and materials are a prime concern, questions remain about the sources of contamination.

The agency approved Dovato (dolutegravir and lamivudine), as a complete regimen for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults with no antiretroviral treatment history and with no known or suspected substitutions associated with resistance to the individual components of Dovato.

The EU has announced that it has launched two WTO cases on unlawful import duties on ICT products and unlawful measures on pharmaceuticals, against India and Turkey, respectively.

From April 1, 2019 non-pharmacovigilance fees that applicants and marketing authorization holders need to pay to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have increased by 1.7%.

Novartis’ Sandoz resubmitted its biologics license application (BLA) for a proposed biosimilar pegfilgrastim to FDA in response to a 2016 complete response letter from the agency.

In a keynote session at INTERPHEX 2019, experts will review and debate the issues and present potential solutions for contamination issues in aseptic manufacturing.

In OSD continuous manufacturing, flexible batch sizes can optimize supply, but equipment and processing challenges are still being addressed.