USA – FDA encourages RCTs in accelerated approval guidance for oncology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on the design of oncology trials for accelerated approval, calling randomized controlled trials (RCTs)...
France – Certification des logiciels d’aide à la dispensation (LAD) de pharmacie à usage...
La procédure de certification
La procédure de certification des LAD s'applique avec le référentiel de certification des logiciels d’aide à la dispensation de pharmacie à usage intérieur...
International – Modular plug-and-produce facilities for cell therapies
At the start of 2021, a crane lifted a shrink-wrapped, elongated structure off a truck flatbed and through a window into an upper floor...
USA – Pharma industry making some headway in DSCSA implementation
The pharmaceutical industry and its trading partners are making “some progress” in implementing the necessary systems to comply with the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA),...
USA – Industry groups: Expand FDA’s RTOR guidance to cell and gene therapies
Stakeholders commenting on the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance with recommendations for applicants submitting New Drug Applications (NDA) and Biologic License...
USA – FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna’s bivalent COVID vaccines
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines targeting the Omicron BA.4/5 subvariants developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, asserting...
International – Biosimilars, are they comparable to their reference counterparts?
Biologicals such as rituximab and trastuzumab have improved treatment outcomes for many cancers. However, due to their high economic burden, ‘highly similar’ products known...
International – ICH guideline M13A on bioequivalence for immediate-release solid oral dosage forms ICH...
ICH M13A Guideline is intended to provide recommendations on conducting bioequivalence (BE) studies during both development and post approval phases for orally administered immediate-release (IR) solid oral...
UK – NICE recommends Takeda’s Ninlaro triplet regimen
Therapy involves patients living with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma
Takeda has announced that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended...
Europe – First gene therapy to treat haemophilia B
EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Hemgenix (etranacogene dezaparvovec) for the treatment of severe and moderately severe haemophilia...
