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...

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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...

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Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII and Type D Meetings: A New Mechanism for Interacting with FDA

For those who have been awaiting Congressional reauthorization of PDUFA, the wait is over. On September 30, 2022, the President signed into law the FDA User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2022. We...

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What You Need to Know About CBER Pre-IND Meetings

The FDA provides several opportunities to hold meetings with Sponsors to gain clarification and agreement on the development of medicinal products. At the preliminary stages of development, one such...

Indications and efficacy assessments of the approved CAR-T cells

CAR-T Cells: Challenges, Lessons Learned, and Guidance for the Clinical Development

It comes as no surprise to any pharmaceutical or biotech company that planning the clinical development of CAR-T cells is an extremely challenging endeavor: high efficacy is expected in each targeted...

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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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Orphan Designation of ATMPs for Rare Diseases: MPS II Case Study

Many advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) in development in the EU are for rare diseases and conditions. Since the establishment of the Advanced Therapies Regulation in 2008 in the European...

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EMA’s Emergency Task Force advises on intradermal use of Imvanex / Jynneos against monkeypox

EMA’s Emergency Task Force (ETF) has reviewed data on the monkeypox vaccine Imvanex 1 used as an intradermal injection (given just below the top layer of the skin). The vaccine is only authorised for...

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FDA Pathways to Medical Device Approval

Commercializing your medical device in the US market often requires submitting a marketing application to the FDA to become an FDA Approved or Cleared Medical Device. The content of your FDA...

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FDA Solicits Feedback on ANDA Submissions – Amendments to ANDAs Under GDUFA Guidance, Appendix A

Ahead of this year’s reauthorization of the Generic Drug User Fee Amendments (GDUFA), FDA has established a docket to solicit comments on the content of Appendix A in the July 2018 guidance for...

Early engagement with Health Technology Assessment authorities will accelerate product launch and improve chances for reimbursement

Pharmaceutical companies should understand EU Health Technology Assessment (HTA) authorities requirements early in the product development phase. Engagement with HTA authorities during clinical...

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FDA Recognizes August as National Immunization Awareness Month

National Immunization Awareness Month provides us an opportunity to think about how far the development and advancement of immunization science has come, and its impact on public health. The U.S....

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FDA publishes product-specific guidances to facilitate generic drug development

Today, FDA published a new batch of product-specific guidances (PSGs). PSGs provide recommendations for developing generic drugs and generating the evidence needed to support abbreviated new drug...

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UK Paediatric Investigational Plans – what do you need to know?? …and how is it all working in practice??

If a marketing authorisation is planned to be submitted in England, Scotland, and Wales (GB), an MHRA-approved paediatric investigational plan (PIP) is required. Up until January 1, 2021, PIPs were...

How to Fast-Track medicine approval in the UK with the MHRA’s Innovative Licensing and Access Pathway (ILAP)

What is ILAP? What benefits does ILAP provide? How do you access it? With the dust of Brexit settling, the question on most people’s lips (well, those of us in the healthcare sector anyway!) was:...

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5 Benefits of Receiving EU PRIME Designation for Medicine Developers

What it is, why it matters, how you can apply and how we can help. What is the PRIME Scheme? You might be forgiven if you don’t know what the PRIority MEdicines (PRIME) scheme is; but if you are in...