USA – FDA issues draft guidance on developing migraine prevention drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday released a draft guidance to help sponsors develop drugs to prevent migraines that offers recommendations...

USA – QMSR: Start now to be ready for final rule, slated for December

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asserts that it is on track to release a final rule this December that harmonizes the agency’s decades-old Quality...

International – ICH Q14: Pharma groups want clarity on benefits of enhanced approach

Pharmaceutical industry groups questioned whether following the enhanced approach in International Council for Harmonization (ICH) Q14 guidance will confer regulatory relief for manufacturers that...
New guidance on biologics affects authorized generics

USA – Industry pushes FDA for tailored complex generics post-approval changes guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to develop guidance on post-approval changes for complex generics, and to update its guidance on post-approval...
Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions: Necessary for usability tests?

USA – FDA addresses alternative inspection tools, expectations for nitrosamine assessments in updated CPGs

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) has updated two compliance program guides (CPGs) covering pre-approval inspections (PAIs) and routine good manufacturing practice (GMP)...

USA – Califf: FDA committed to boosting complex generic drug development

Robert Califf, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said the agency is looking at new ways to assess bioequivalence and increase...

Europe – EMA accepts application for leukaemia drug from Otsuka and Astex

The application is supported by positive results from the phase 3 ASCERTAIN clinical trial which demonstrated an exposure equivalence of an oral fixed-dose of...

USA – FDA’s top 10 tips to transition your COVID-19 products

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed more than 4,000 medical devices and diagnostics on the market under emergency...

USA – FDA outlines criteria for conducting long-term neurodevelopmental safety studies in neonates

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued a draft guidance to assist sponsors in determining the need to conduct long-term neurodevelopmental...
Topical Drug Products for Cutaneous Application: Human Safety Assessment Guidance

USA – FDA warns pharmacy benefit company for distributing unapproved foreign drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned pharmacy benefit firm ElectRx for substituting prescription drugs ordered by its customers with drugs sourced...