Europe – Regulatory, industry panels address EU GMP Annex 1 implementation
Pharmaceutical manufacturers in the EU may have to approach the manufacturing of sterile drugs a little differently under the EU’s Annex 1 covering good...
UK – Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug recommended by NICE
Patients will inject themselves once a week with pens pre-filled with semaglutide, also know as Wegovy. The drug will be offered alongside a reduced...
Europe – New agreement places Northern Ireland regulation back in the UK
Regulation of human medicines in Northern Ireland now are the responsibility of the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MRHA) under an changes...
Europe – EMA Procedural Advice on Recommendations on unforeseen variations according to Article 5...
Article 3 paragraph 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 (Variation Regulation) refers to Annex II where a classification of minor variations, type IA...
Europe – EMA pilots scientific advice for certain high-risk medical devices
EMA has launched a pilot to give scientific advice on the intended clinical development strategy and proposals for clinical investigation for certain high-risk medical devices (all...
UK – MHRA safety review of medicines containing pseudoephedrine
Pseudoephedrine is used for the symptomatic relief of coughs, colds and allergies. Pseudoephedrine has been used in the UK for decades in millions and...
Europe – European Commission grants AstraZeneca three new approvals
The Imfinzi/ Imjudo approvals authorise the combination to be used for the first line treatment of adult patients with advanced or unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma...
UK – NICE publishes final draft guidance recommending three COVID-19 treatments
This includes those who are immunosuppressed, or who have other conditions such as heart disease, respiratory disease, diabetes or neurological disorders.
The agency’s latest guidance...
UK – AstraZeneca’s Evusheld not recommended by NICE for COVID-19 prevention
In new draft guidance, NICE explained that there is not enough evidence of Evusheld's effectiveness against current SARS-CoV-2 variants in the UK and those...
Europe – Human medicines: highlights of 2022
In 2022, EMA recommended 89 medicines for marketing authorisation. Of these, 41 had a new active substance which had never been authorised in the European Union (EU)...
