France – Sérialisation: vers une pénalité trimestrielle et reconductible de 2.000€ pour les officinaux

PARIS (TICpharma) - Le gouvernement envisage une pénalité financière trimestrielle et reconductible de 2.000€ pour les pharmaciens d'officine qui contreviennent à leurs obligations en...
Topical Drug Products for Cutaneous Application: Human Safety Assessment Guidance

USA – FDA issues pharmacy compounding guidance due to amoxicillin shortage

Due to the current shortage of amoxicillin oral antibiotic powder for suspension, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued guidance on the preparation of...

USA – FDA finalizes enforcement policy for FMT treatments

In a newly finalized guidance, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) laid out its criteria for applying enforcement discretion for new fecal microbiota...
NHS prepares to fast-track ‘game changing’ cancer drugs that target genetic mutations

UK – NHS fast tracks life-extending prostate cancer drug to patients

Around 9,000 men with one of the most advanced forms of prostate cancer will be eligible for a new life-extending treatment thanks to a...

International – ICH guideline Q3C (R8) on impurities: guideline for residual solvents Step 5

The objective of this guideline is to recommend acceptable amounts for residual solvents in pharmaceuticals for the safety of the patient. The guideline recommends use...
Ajovy bags NICE approval

UK – Bristol Myers Squibb’s Opdivo recommended by NICE for rare gastroesophageal cancers

Specifically, NICE’s recommendation is extended to patients with untreated HER2-negative, advanced or metastatic gastric, gastro-oesophageal junction or oesophageal adenocarcinoma if the tumours express PD-L1...

USA – mRNA technology for universal flu vaccine shows early promise in US study

The World Health Organization cites vaccination as the current principal means of reducing or counteracting influenza mortality and morbidity burden, but the constantly evolving...

Europe – AbbVie’s Rinvoq granted NICE recommendation as ulcerative colitis treatment

The recommendation is specifically for adults with the immune-mediated inflammatory bowel disease, for whom conventional or biologic treatments cannot be tolerated, or for those...

Europe – DARWIN EU® welcomes first data partners

EMA has selected the first set of data partners to collaborate with DARWIN EU®, the Data Analysis and Real-World Interrogation Network. The data available to these...

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...