International – Regulators, industry tout new approach for benefits-risk assessments

Regulators and industry representatives said that a new international guideline for evaluating the benefit-risk profile of new and marketed drugs developed by the Council...

Europe – EMA proposes waiving comparative efficacy studies for certain biosimilars

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is proposing to waive comparative efficacy studies (CES) for biosimilars with a straightforward mechanism of action (MOA), such as...

Europe – Products Management Services (PMS) – Implementation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO)...

The EMA intends to migrate the Centrally Authorised Products (CAPs) and non-Centrally Authorised Products (non-CAPs) data held in the eXtended Eudravigilance Medicinal Product Dictionary...

USA – Clinical trials: FDA proposes new standards for collecting race, ethnicity data

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is outlining a standardized approach for collecting and reporting on race and ethnicity data in clinical trials...
NICE grants Lynparza expansion for advanced ovarian cancer

UK – Sobi receives NICE recommendation for Zynlonta in two non-Hodgkin lymphomas

The CD19-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) has specifically been recommended for use in patients with relapsed or refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) or high-grade...

USA – FDA issues QMSR final rule with 2-year transition period

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published its long-awaited Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) final rule that harmonizes its requirements with a...

Europe – Clinical trials’ transition to new EU system – one year left

All ongoing clinical trials in the EU must be transitioned to the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS) by 31 January 2025. This date marks...

USA – FDA: Genome editing therapies may use accelerated approval pathway

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized guidance to assist sponsors developing gene therapy products that incorporate genome editing (GE) of human...

Europe – Experts outline challenges of combination products in Europe

Combination products are increasingly important, increasingly complex and are increasing the pressure on the European regulatory network, according to Thomas Wejs Møller, senior director...

USA – FDA wants classwide boxed warning on all commercial CAR-T therapies amid secondary...

As many have feared, the FDA’s investigation into secondary T-cell cancers following treatment with existing CAR-T therapies is poised to lead to a classwide...