MHRA Offers Grace Period for Device Manufacturers Dealing With Withdrawn Notified Bodies

UK – MHRA launches new conflicts of interest code of practice for independent advisors

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is introducing a new, single code of practice for all its scientific advisory committees, to ensure...

USA – Groups weigh in on FDA’s licensing rules for 3PLs and distributors

Supply chain trading partners expressed broad support for the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed rule on uniform licensing standards for wholesale distributors...

USA – Industry experts tout potential for master protocols in pediatric clinical trials

Using master protocols in pediatric clinical trials could speed the development of drugs for pediatric indications that already have development programs for adults, according...

USA – FDA issues emergency guidance to spur development of monkeypox tests

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an immediately effective guidance and a corresponding FAQ to spur the development of new monkeypox diagnostics...

USA – FDA drafts guidance on pediatric clinical pharmacology studies

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has laid out its thinking on the ethical and physiological issues sponsors should consider when planning to...

Europe – COVID-19 vaccines safety update

The safety of authorised COVID-19 vaccines is continuously monitored, and updated information is regularly provided to the public. Safety updates outline the outcomes from assessments...

UK – NICE rejects AstraZeneca and MSD’s Lynparza as NHS prostate cancer treatment

NICE has said it is unable to recommend NHS use of AstraZeneca’s Lynparza for some patients with prostate cancer, after failing to reach an...

Europe – European Pharmacopoeia seeking user feedback on use of recombinant factor C for...

General chapter 2.6.32. Test for bacterial endotoxins using recombinant factor C was published in Supplement 10.3 of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) and came into force on 1 July 2021....

Europe – Ph. Eur. survey for the availability of alternative plasticisers to DEHP in...

Due to a change in the REACH Regulation ((EC) N° 1907/2006) introduced in November 2021, the experts of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.) have...

Europe – New general chapter on implementation of pharmacopoeial procedures published in the 11th...

A new general chapter, Implementation of pharmacopoeial procedures (5.26), has just been published in the 11th Edition of the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph. Eur.). The text was adopted...