Europe – ETF concludes that bivalent original/Omicron BA.4-5 mRNA vaccines may be used for...

EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) considers that adapted mRNA bivalent vaccines targeting the original strain and Omicron BA.4-5 subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 may be used for primary...

USA – Uptake of biosimilars on the rise in the US, but number of...

Fewer biosimilars have been marketed in the United States, compared with Germany and Switzerland, and prices are significantly higher in the US. However, biosimilars...

International – ICH adopts Q13 guideline on continuous manufacturing

The International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) has adopted its guideline on continuous manufacturing (CM), in a nod to embracing more modern modes of manufacturing....

USA – FDA updates statistical approaches for assessing bioequivalence

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a draft guidance updating its principles for assessing in vivo or in vitro bioequivalence studies...
FDA finalizes contentious guidance on third party 510(k) reviews

USA – FDA revises ANDA facility correspondence draft guidance

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday revised its draft guidance on submitting pre-submission facility correspondence (PFC) for generic drug applicants seeking...

Europe – Meeting highlights from the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) 28 November –...

EMA recommends withdrawal of pholcodine medicines from EU market EMA’s safety committee, PRAC, has concluded its review of medicines containing pholcodine, which are used in adults...

Europe – EMA recommends withdrawal of pholcodine medicines from EU market

EMA’s safety committee, PRAC, has concluded its review of medicines containing pholcodine, which are used in adults and children to treat non-productive (dry) cough and,...

Europe – Respiratory vaccination candidate tested in German hospitals

Researchers are investigating whether the vaccine candidate VPM1002 – originally developed against tuberculosis by scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin...

International – Un médicament fait espérer l’éradication de la maladie du sommeil

L’éradication de la « maladie du sommeil » – ou trypanosomiase africaine – serait-elle à portée de main ? C’est l’espoir que suscitent les résultats d’un essai...

USA – Industry groups seek changes to nonprescription drug access proposal

Drugmakers, pharmacists and others are calling for flexibility in the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule on requirements for nonprescription drug products...