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From Defensible to Predictive: How High-Functioning MLR Teams Are Evolving Their Risk Assessment Approach

For several years, FDA's Office of Prescription Drug Promotion (OPDP) maintained a relatively low enforcement profile. For example, between 2022 and 2024, the Agency issued only 14 Untitled and Warning Letters, leading many to view promotional enforcement as relatively predictable and infrequent....

Have an FDA Submission on Your 2021 To-Do List?

At the start of every year, we all have these grand plans of everything we plan to accomplish. It is a fresh start to really get stuff done and we have a full 12 months to do it all. However,...

Meet the Expert: Bram Lardée

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 Implement an Effective Audit Trail

Maintaining an audit trail is a regulatory compliance requirement, but what makes an audit trail beneficial for maintaining effectiveness and complying with regulations? This blog will explain what...

Quality & Compliance

Prepare for Your Next Audit: A 5-Point GMP Checklist

Ensuring you have full control over your processes, facility, and quality management system (QMS), and ultimately your final product quality, is a demanding and important task. An inability to do so...

Measuring the Maturity of Data Integrity

We live in a world of data: there’s more of it than ever before, in a ceaselessly expanding array of forms and locations. Besides this, most people in their organizations are not always aware of data...

6 Benefits of Custom PMO Design

A Project Management Office ("PMO") can be incredibly advantageous to large companies with many ongoing projects across various job sites. A PMO streamlines project management processes to make a...

Meet the Expert: Marla Scarola

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...

Regulatory Sciences

Life Science Outsourcing: Not sure you’re ready to turn over the keys?

It's no secret. To be successful in the life sciences industry you must accomplish a lot – achieve and maintain profitable growth, deliver safe and effective products to patients quickly, manage...

Regulatory Sciences

Understanding The Medical Device Single Audit Program

The Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP), initiated by the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF), created a global approach to auditing and monitoring the manufacturing of...

Creating Efficiencies with Data Integrity

Over recent years relations with data and its weight have changed significantly; consequently, an assessment of Company Data Integrity is becoming one of the key metrics of corporate functionality...

Regulatory Sciences

The Human Factor - Preparing Your Device for Usability Testing

When it comes to usability studies, the focus should be on effectively preparing the medical device for use in humans. Whether a Sponsor is conducting formative testing or validation testing, the...

Quality & Compliance

Innovation and Rapid Growth: A Double-Edged Sword

Every industry has a distinct set of obstacles to overcome, but it’s no secret that the life sciences industry encounters more speedbumps than most. Market cycles and product failures are expected,...

FDA Guidance on Gene Therapy Products: RCR Testing and Monitoring – Focus on Documenting Test Results & Post-Licensure Considerations

In January 2020, FDA issued a final guidance document on the topic of "Testing of Retroviral Vector-Based Human Gene Therapy Products for Replication Competent Retrovirus During Product Manufacture...

How to Ensure Your Workforce is GMP Compliant

As the world tries to get back to some semblance of normalcy after the coronavirus pandemic, pharmaceutical, biotech and med device companies are anticipating the day when the FDA returns to normal...

Quality & Compliance

Fundamentals of Data Integrity for ATMP Development

Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), or Cell and Gene Therapies (CGT), have the incredible potential to cure devastating illnesses, such as cancer, on a more personalized level. But, due to...

What to Expect During the NDA Review Process

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...

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Safety Data Exchange Agreements (SDEAs) and Pharmacovigilance Agreements (PVAs) – An Overview

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...

An Overview of the PSMF: Pharmacovigilance System Master File

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...

FDA Shelf Life Extension Program (SLEP)

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...

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The Importance of the eCTD Structure for FDA Approval

The Importance of the eCTD To harmonize the process of regulatory reviews for global drug development, a unified structure was developed and implemented for electronic Common Technical Document...

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What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs)  in the pharmaceutical sector offer a range of services to help patients start and adhere to their therapies, including Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), patient...