Quality/GMPs

Misleading promotions of GLP-1 and compounded semaglutide products are drawing renewed regulatory scrutiny over risk disclosure and safety messaging.

Optimizing FDA 483 responses with strategic CAPA creates resilient quality compliance in biopharma manufacturing.

The agency says it will now publish complete response letters promptly, offering developers early insight into regulatory deficiencies to improve development planning.

The nonprofit is calling upon its community of experts in both artificial intelligence and machine learning to continue building support for responsible adoption of AI in the bio/pharmaceutical industry.

FDA’s fast track designation may speed VMX-C001’s application review, addressing urgent surgery needs in patients on Factor Xa anticoagulants.

The authors examine common FDA 483 findings and outline strategies to address and prevent regulatory non-compliance.

Moderna’s updated Spikevax and mNEXSPIKE COVID-19 vaccines target the LP.8.1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 for high-risk groups and older adults.

EC clears ExCellThera’s Zemcelpro, a cord blood–based stem cell therapy that offers transplant access to blood cancer patients lacking suitable donors.

Continued process verification ensures pharmaceutical manufacturing stays in control through data analysis, trend detection, and lifecycle monitoring.

The authors propose a streamlined, efficient approach to determining specification equivalence that starts with a paper-based assessment of the methods and progresses to a data assessment for the methods under evaluation.

Eli Lilly and Company developed an innovative and sustainable approach to audit trail review (ATR) aimed at reducing the ATR burden while adhering to regulatory expectations and data integrity (DI) principles. The process has transformed employees' understanding of ATR and complemented the DI by design approach, leading to better system designs that meet expected controls and reduce non-value-added data reviews.

VeonGen provided the first update to its lead investigational gene therapy since announcing a company rebrand in June 2025.

The decision was based on results of a Phase III trial that showed a median overall survival of 33.8 months with enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab versus 15.9 with platinum-based chemotherapy.

The agency has completed both pre-license and bioresearch monitoring inspections with no observations, and no safety-related concerns have been raised to date.

Ifinatamab deruxtecan shows promising trial results targeting B7-H3 in small cell lung cancer, offering a potential new option after chemotherapy failure.

Bristol Myers Squibb and SystImmune’s iza-bren shows promising efficacy and safety in EGFR-mutant NSCLC after TKI and chemotherapy, backed by data from global and China-based trials.

There are no approved therapies for RRP that completely eliminate the need for repeated surgical procedures.

Third-party ICMC certification verifies multi-modality manufacturing readiness, meeting US and EU standards for advanced genetic therapies.

The additional approval expands the label for Avtozma (tocilizumab-anoh) to now include the treatment of cytokine release syndrome, which aligns the therapy with all indications for which Actemra is approved in the US.

Solutions are emerging to manage advanced modalities and evolving regulatory requirements for viral clearance.

Bristol Myers Squibb is seeking approval of Breyanzi (lisocabtagene maraleucel) to treat relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma, making this the fifth cancer type for which the cell therapy would be approved.

While little information is known about this particular case, its possible implications are far-reaching.

Mirvetuximab soravtansine, brand name Elahere, is the first licensed treatment for women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer in the UK in more than 10 years.

Speedier implementation of the Post-Approval Change Management Protocol is essential for it to have a positive effect on supply security, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

Following an overhaul at ACIP, the HHS secretary took the advice of the committee’s new members, saying he was acting on guidance that dated back to 1999.