USA – Top FDA official interested in ‘Project Orbis’ for cell and gene therapies

A top official from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said he wants to see something similar to the agency’s Project Orbis program...

Europe – Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 6 – 9...

EMA’s safety committee (PRAC) has started a review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine following concerns about the risk of posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and...

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued a draft guidance to assist sponsors in determining the need to conduct long-term neurodevelopmental...
NICE ‘OK’ for Lynparza

UK – NICE fails to recommend Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly Alliance’s empagliflozin

In a blow to patients who currently lack recommended treatment options for chronic heart failure with preserved or mildly reduced ejection fraction, Boehringer Ingelheim...

USA – FDA officials offer advice on gene therapy trials

Officials from the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies (OTAT) asserted...

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...

USA – DSCSA: New interoperability ‘blueprint’ released

With less than a year remaining before the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) takes full effect, an industry consortium has published new chapters of a...

Europe – Actions to support the development of medicines for children

Regulators in the European Union (EU) have taken several initiatives in the past four years to increase the efficiency of paediatric regulatory processes and...

Europe – Public consultation on a multi-stakeholder platform to improve clinical trials in the...

On 3 February 2023, EMA, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Commission (EC) are launching a public consultation on the establishment of a...

USA – FDA releases FY 2022 generic drug research summary

The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Generic Drugs (OGD) on Tuesday released a report summarizing its research activities in fiscal year...