Quality Systems

The European Commission has purchased an additional 150 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for delivery in 2022.

Ilya Pharma has been granted approval by the Swedish Medical Product Agency and Swedish Ethical Review Authority for initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its ILP100 gene therapy.

FDA's CDER has launched an initiative to gain more efficient and transparent operations of its advisory panels.

EMA's recent positive opinion for a recombinant vaccine for rabbits developed using Algenex’s proprietary and patent protected Baculovirus vector-mediated expression platform, CrisBio, should push the full commercialization of the platform forward.

Thought and foresight into method development stages can ensure costly errors and delays are avoided later on.

The root cause of the most serious integrity issues has generally been a lapse of ethical behavior on the part of an individual.

The final guidance document is intended to help determine which reporting category is appropriate for a change in CMC information to an approved biologics application.

The guidance provides recommendations for including premenopausal women in breast cancer clinical trials.

The US government will invest $3 billion from the American Rescue Plan into a COVID-19 antiviral development strategy.

Automated systems help detect and resolve quality issues.

The agency approved two batches of drug substance manufactured at the Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore for use in the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine.

As a safety measure, supervisory authorities in the European Union have recommended not releasing batches of Janssen’s COVID-19 vaccine with API manufactured at Emergent BioSolutions’ Maryland facility.

The new site in Monts, France, which is operated by Recipharm, will produce finished COVID-19 vaccine product.

Immodulon has received an indication of allowability from the European Patent Office for the claims in its patent application relating to its lead drug candidate.

FDA’s approval of Biogen’s treatment for Alzheimer’s disease has raised questions about the agency’s accelerated approval process.

An ANDA from Sandoz for albuterol sulfate inhalation aerosol was approved by FDA.

The vaccine is now authorized for ages 12 and older in European Union member states and the UK.

The agency issued two final and two draft guidance documents to help identify and trace drug products in the supply chain.

FDA has granted fast track designation to a GLP-1/glucagon dual agonist in development by Boehringer Ingelheim and Zealand Pharma for the treatment of NASH.

FDA approved Ryplazim (plasminogen, human-tmvh) for the treatment of plasminogen deficiency type 1.

FDA has granted Janssen breakthrough therapy designation for teclistamab, an investigational bispecific antibody under development for treating relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.

FDA has granted accelerated approval to Biogen for Aduhelm (aducanumab), a new mAb treatment for Alzheimer’ disease.

The Biden administration supports a notable increase in funding for public health and research as a lead priority for the coming year.

In the present investigation, the fixed-dose combination (FDC) tablet of Atorvastatin calcium and Ezetimibe was prepared by a quality-by-design approach using two-level factorial design.

International pharmacovigilance for biotechs brings about a particular set of challenges, especially for small companies, which face the same rigour as large pharma companies.

Expanded interest in advanced drug manufacturing and continuous production methods calls for more flexible production systems and regulatory policies.

Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, answers some commonly asked questions about regulatory filings.

EMA has provided further advice to healthcare professionals on blood clots and low blood platelets occurring after vaccination with Vaxzevria (formerly the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca).

EMA has recommended EU marketing authorization for Bylvay (odevixibat) as a treatment of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC).

ISPE’s latest guide ISPE Good Practice Guide: Knowledge Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry focuses on how knowledge management allows for a more effective pharmaceutical quality system.