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Regulatory Sciences
In the drug development process, the Investigational New Drug (IND) application holds immense significance for biotech startups. It serves as a comprehensive overview submitted to the US Food and...
Quality & Compliance
Compliance auditing is a crucial process in the pharmaceutical industry, that helps ensure the safety, effectiveness, and high quality of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Compliance...
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has announced a new international recognition framework (IRF) for medicines and devices. The IRF will be in place from January 1st,...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new, easy-to-read medication guide for patients known as the Patient Medication Information (PMI)1. The new medical guide will be required for...
Quality & Compliance
In a globalized pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the integrity and reliability of clinical data is of utmost importance. Recently, the Spanish Medicines Agency conducted a comprehensive Good...
Quality & Compliance
Welcome to Part 2 of our blog series on "What You Need to Know About GxP Independent Compliance Audits." In Part 1, we discussed the importance of GxP audits, the different audit types, and why...
What are the keys to building a comprehensive pharmacovigilance (PV) program? Be forward thinking, invest wisely, and question everything. It is so easy as a sponsor of a first-in-human clinical...
Regulatory Sciences
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a draft guidance on the development of psychedelic drugs. There has been a growing interest in using psychedelics for the treatment of...
Quality & Compliance
In this post, we’re going to discuss the various types of GxP Compliance Audits, internal versus independent third-party audits. the role that independent auditors play in conducting compliance...
Quality & Compliance
Patients typically go through the same thought process when they have been diagnosed. After the relief of knowing that their ailment was correctly diagnosed, most patients want to know the path back...
Quality & Compliance
Good clinical practice (GCP) is an international ethical analysis and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, and auditing clinical trials that involve the participation of human...
Recent contamination of several drug products in India resulting in fatalities have prompted a new FDA guidance entitled "Testing of Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Maltitol Solution, Hydrogenated Starch...
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...
Digital Transformation
The Trial Master File (TMF) allows an effective way to collect and manage study specific documents during a clinical trial. The TMF serves as a complete and accurate record of the trial's conduct,...
Clinical Research Solutions
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) have emerged as a transformative approach in clinical research, offering unique benefits that challenge the traditional models. However, deciding whether to...
Compiling and submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) submission is a complicated and intensive activity. Once you have submitted your application to FDA, you may be curious about what can you expect...
What’s Next for Rare Disease Innovation? For children suffering from rare and often life-threatening diseases, access to new and effective treatments can mean the difference between life and death....
A Safety Data Exchange Agreement (SDEA) or Pharmacovigilance Agreement (PVA) is a legal written contract which ensures that all safety data, PV tasks and responsibilities are detailed between two or...
What is a PSMF? The EU Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF) is a legally required document created and maintained by a Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH). Essentially, the document is a...
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...
The FDA’s homepage contains an item in the Public Health Focus section from the Office of Communications entitled “Don’t Use Expired Medicine.” Given this mandate, I recall from many years ago the...