Ban on Titanium Dioxide (E171) on the EU Food Market: What Are the Consequences for Medicines?

Use of Titanium Dioxide in the EU Food Market In 2021, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) investigated the safety of the white coloring agent titanium dioxide (TiO2) and concluded that the...

Be Careful What You Ask For (Prior to Consent)

According to FDA’s clinical trial regulations (21 CFR 50.20, 312.60 and 812.100), clinical investigators are responsible for protecting the rights, safety, and welfare of subjects during a clinical...

Your Vendor Audit Program: On-site or Remote / Virtual?

It is quite common that a sponsor company will outsource services to external vendors, whether for additional expertise, remote locations, or simply due to lack of availability of resources within...

FDA Accelerated Approval Pathway: A Potential Missed Opportunity for Sponsors

The accelerated approval provisions of FDASIA in section 506(c) of the FD&C Act provide that FDA may grant accelerated approval to: . . . a product for a serious or life-threatening disease or...

Clinical (IMP) Drug Supply…It’s Complicated

Things to consider and how to ease the process IMP Supply Management is a journey where GMP meets GCP and GDP. This journey includes finance, flow of products and documentation. How a company manages...

What You Need to Know About Developing Vaccines

An unlikely beacon of hope from the otherwise disastrous Covid pandemic, may come in the form of renewed attention towards approaches to vaccine development. The Importance of Vaccines The...

Meet the Expert: Sharon Charles

Our "Meet the Expert" series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This "behind the curtain" view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...

How to Comply with the Nitrosamine Regulations for Your New Drug Product Marketing Applications

Introduction: Are you in the development phase for your medicinal product? Have you assessed your manufacturing processes with respect to the requirements for investigating the potential presence of...

USP and FDA Propose Updates to Good Storage and Distribution Practices

Updates have been announced by FDA and for USP <1079>. In this blog we cover these changes. USP USP <1079> has a series of chapters on Good Storage and Distribution Practices. Chapter <1079> applies...

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FDA’s Expedited Programs Explained

In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...

Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals

Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...

A Guide to the Clinical Study Report

What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...

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How Important is Biostatistics?

The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...

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What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...

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Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products

This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...

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