UK – 170,000 people in England to have further treatment choice for preventing migraine...
Also called Aquipta and made by AbbVie, NICE has recommended atogepant as an option for preventing chronic and episodic migraines in adults who have had at least...
UK – Children and teenagers with an aggressive form of brain cancer set to...
A new targeted drug combination treatment, described as a ‘step-change in care’ for children and young people with an aggressive form of brain cancer,...
USA – CBER chief on remote work, CRISPR-Cas9, and rare disease gene therapy accelerated...
The use of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology has potential to transform the field of gene therapy through its simple and cost-effective delivery mechanism, said...
Europe – EMA seeks feedback on quality, therapeutic equivalence of inhaled drugs
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released two draft guidelines for consultation on inhaled medicines. One covers the pharmaceutical quality of inhalation and nasal...
Europe – New recommendations to strengthen supply chains of critical medicines
These recommendations have been developed by EMA’s Medicines Shortages Steering Group (MSSG) and will facilitate the availability and supply of critical human medicines for which vulnerabilities...
USA – FDA approves alectinib as adjuvant treatment for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer
Efficacy was demonstrated in a global, randomized, open-label trial (ALINA, NCT03456076) in patients with ALK-positive NSCLC who had complete tumor resection. Eligible patients were...
International – WHO issues guidance on nitrosamine controls in drug manufacturing
The World Health Organization (WHO) released draft guidance for comment this month on good manufacturing practices (GMP) for the prevention and control of contamination...
International – ICH M13A BE testing guideline expected to be adopted this summer
The International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) is expected to adopt its M13A guideline on bioequivalence (BE) testing of immediate-release (IR) solid oral dosage form...
USA – FDA launches new clinical trial center to improve innovation, communication
The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has launched a new center for internal and external experts...
Europe – Parliament adopts its position on EU pharmaceutical reform
The legislative package, covering medicinal products for human use, consists of a new directive (adopted with 495 votes in favour, 57 against and 45...
