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Regulatory Sciences
For decades, pricing and reimbursement activities have been handled separately from the regulatory process and typically only began once regulatory approval was secured. This separation has largely...
Quality & Compliance
Things to consider and how to ease the process IMP Supply Management is a journey where GMP, GCP, and GDP meet. This journey includes finance, flow of products, and documentation. How a company...
Regulatory Sciences
In a move that could reshape modern drug development, on February 19, 2026, FDA formally confirmed that one adequate and well-controlled pivotal trial may now serve as the default basis for drug...
Quality & Compliance
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are rapidly moving from "innovation pilots" to everyday tools in regulated life sciences organizations, supporting everything from deviation trending and...
Medical Information
Inquirers rarely contact Medical Information (MI) to report an adverse event (AE), special situation event (SSE), or product quality complaint(PQC). They call because they have a question, but...
Medical Information
Why Consistency in Medical Information Matters A doctor in Germany and a doctor in Canada ask the same question about the safety and effectiveness of a medication. They should receive the same...
Quality & Compliance
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is moving quickly from pilot projects into routine pharmacovigilance (PV) operations. The 2025 CIOMS Working Group XIV report on AI in pharmacovigilance provides a...
Regulatory Sciences
Why Early Planning Matters for Regulatory Operations While it's only been a handful of years since eCTD Version 3.2.2 became the standard submission format for all major components of US regulatory...
Quality & Compliance
In today's complex life sciences ecosystems, pharmaceutical and biologics companies face unprecedented demands to deliver safe, effective therapies while navigating a global regulatory environment...
Regulatory Sciences
2025 was a year of significant regulatory disruption. One that will have lasting implications for how pharmaceutical companies approach advertising and promotion in 2026. From an unprecedented surge...
Medical Information
In the highly regulated industry environment, medical information (MI) services are far more than a support function, providing information to patients, caregivers, and Healthcare Professionals;...
Quality & Compliance
The GMP/GDP Inspectors Working Group and the PIC/S Committee jointly recommended that the current version of Annex 11 on Computerised Systems be revised to reflect changes in regulatory and...
Pharmacovigilance
Living near the ocean growing up, I have been warned countless times that by the time you realize you are in a riptide, you may already need to be rescued. You'll know things aren't going quite...
Quality & Compliance
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technologies are transforming the life sciences landscape, driving innovation across drug discovery, clinical research, manufacturing, and...
Regulatory Sciences
As digital marketing evolves, prescription drug promotion is expanding into spaces traditionally dominated by consumer brands. Pharmaceutical companies are increasingly collaborating with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The term Functional Service Provider (FSP) concept is highly regarded in the field of clinical research. With drug discovery and clinical trials becoming more complex, pharmaceutical firms and...