Quality Systems

During its March 2026 meeting, the agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use approved treatments for Bacillus Calmette-Guérin unresponsive non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, relapsed extensive-stage small cell lung cancer, activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome, and oedema of cardiac, renal, hepatic origin, and hypertension in children.

Excipients contribute to more sustainable practices throughout the life cycle of a drug.

This article explores key engineering strategies that support this transformation, including hybrid reactor design, clean-in-place optimization, automation architecture, and modular scalability.

FDA approves first therapy for Hunter syndrome's neurologic symptoms via surrogate endpoint, signaling evolving rare disease development standards.

New legislation will improve patient access to innovative medicines in Europe and the United Kingdom.

Quality control for pharmaceuticals is evolving with the assistance of digital tools, sustainability practices, and a push to move manufacturing onshore.

The FDA approved higher-dose semaglutide (7.2 mg) in 54 days under its new priority voucher program, signaling faster reviews for drug developers.

FDA's March 2026 draft guidance outlines a validation framework for non-animal drug testing methods, signaling a shift in nonclinical submission expectations.

Industry experts explain how incorporating sustainability into the early development phase creates greener pharmaceutical manufacturing.

The FDA will evaluate tildrakizumab-asmn for psoriatic arthritis. A 2026 decision is expected based on Phase III clinical trial data.

This article reviews the use of Raman spectroscopy in a series of case studies to quickly identify the iron oxide compound(s), including magnetite and hematite, on the surface of representative endcaps or piping spool pieces. The article also provides a strategy using a detergent additive to remove magnetite without performing costly electro- or mechanical polishing.

The 2mg/kg every-4-weeks dosing regimen for pegunigalsidase alfa in adults with Fabry disease who are stable with an enzyme replacement therapy has been approved in Europe.

The author discusses analytical techniques for cleaning and disinfection, clean room operation, packaging component preparation, water-for-injection production, sterile product preparation, and aseptic filling, stoppering, and sealing.

The companies have extended a commercial supply partnership for the manufacture of Sohonos (palovarotene), which is a treatment for the ultra-rare disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

It is necessary to search beyond the term “data integrity” to stay abreast of developments in this field, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

In part three of this four-part series regarding rare diseases, the authors examine how revenue concentration and accelerating patent cliffs undermine the traditional blockbuster model, whereas orphan drugs offer a structurally different strategy for stabilizing biopharma portfolios through more durable, predictable, and risk-adjusted long-term value creation.

PharmTech spoke with women working in the pharmaceutical industry about the innovations they are seeing in bio/pharma and the role women play in the development of critical treatments for patients.

In part two of this four-part series regarding rare diseases, the author examines how economic and structural forces are driving an access gap.

FDA has granted priority review to AstraZeneca's Datroway for the first-line treatment of metastatic TNBC treatment.

The PreCheck Pilot Program is designed to strengthen the US pharmaceutical supply chain by increasing regulatory predictability and streamlining the assessment of new domestic manufacturing sites.

The European Commission has approved GSK’s adjuvanted recombinant respiratory syncytial virus vaccine, Arexvy, for use in adults aged 18 years and older.

The United States Pharmacopeia is developing digital standards for digital-first workflows and regulatory confidence.

Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, a Nelson Labs company, and Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel, discuss how involving procurement early on in drug development can ensure a quality product.

Ensuring quality, sterility, and regulatory compliance are essential when choosing analytical methods.

The development, quality, and procurement teams should work together to determine which materials and suppliers are needed, says Jane Zhang, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, ETCH Sourcing, and Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, a Nelson Labs Company.