Quality/GMPs

The BioMaP-Consortium includes members of the biopharmaceutical industry and supports BARDA.

At INTERPHEX 2024, a panel of experts gave insight on new regulatory requirements for contamination control and provided advice for how to implement a contamination control strategy in existing facilities.

The outcomes of a workshop organized by WHO and ICMRA regarding COVID-19 vaccine strain updates are presented in a report published by regulators.

At INTERPHEX 2024, Susan Schniepp, distinguished fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates, and co-chair of board of directors, Parenteral Drug Association, explores the impact of QMS on quality maturity.

Former FDA drug investigator, Daniel Roberts, discusses the importance of updating process validation and maintaining proper data integrity at a keynote session during INTERPHEX.

This article explores a grouping strategy for therapeutic peptides incorporating theoretical and experimental methodology and results to define a practical and scientifically justified cleaning procedure.

Compliance can be greatly improved by concentrating on the basic elements of CAPA investigations, advises Kate Rice, global quality systems manager, Nelson Laboratories, and Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow, Regulatory Compliance Associates.

J&J’s nipocalimab is in development for reducing the risk of FNAIT in alloimmunized pregnant adults, a rare disease that may risk the life of the fetus or newborn.

AstraZeneca notes that Ultomiris is the first and only long-acting C5 complement inhibitor that offers NMOSD patients the potential to live without relapsing.

AbbVie’s acquisition of Landos includes a lead asset that boosts its portfolio in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, while the ADC, ELAHERE, gets full FDA approval.

Orchard Therapeutics’ Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel) marks the first gene therapy approved in the US for treating children with metachromatic leukodystrophy.

FDA published the draft guidance to support sponsors in developing treatments for the states of sporadic Alzheimer’s disease.

The digital transformation of quality-by-design assessment workflows can improve efficiency, reduce human errors, and facilitate integration within a much broader digital ecosystem.

The authors discuss subjectivity in the ICH Q9 (R1) guidance document.

Understanding how to apply phase-appropriate GMPs is crucial for achieving successful regulatory approval.

EMA has validated two MAAs submitted by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo for datopotamab deruxtecan in two types of cancer.

The Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network, DARWIN EU, is planning to add 10 new data partners in 2024.

The agency has published final guidance documents regarding validation and development of analytical procedures.

The license holder should negotiate, educate, contract, and then oversee the transportation contractor, says Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer, EMA, emphasizes the importance of transparency in investigating potential safety issues of CAR-T therapies, while highlighting the need to balance regulatory diligence with maintaining trust within the community and among stakeholders.

The agency has recommended granting marketing authorization to ALS treatment, Qalsody (tofersen), for adults who have a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene.

Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer of the EMA, discusses manufacturing supply, drug shortages, commercial incentives, politics, and patient wellbeing.

Daiichi Sankyo is investing approximately €1 billiion (US$1.08 billion) to expand its Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, site for ADC development and production.

FDA's Drug Safety Priorities FY23 describes the center’s key safety programs and activities involved in promoting and protecting public health.

FDA has approved Iovance Biotherapeutics’ Amtagvi (lifileucel) for treating patients with unresectable or metastatic melanoma.

Two public electronic catalogues will be available for real-world data sources and for real-world data studies.

An interview with Steffen Thirstrup, chief medical officer, European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The three non-commercial developers of ATMPs will benefit from enhanced support from the agency.

The guidance discusses how to timely notify the agency of changes in production of APIs and finished products.

NICE has recommended the use of AbbVie's Tepkinly as a treatment option for eligible adults with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.