Quality/GMPs

Siegfried Schmitt, vice president Technical at Parexel, discusses the difficulty of operating non-GMP and GMP quality systems in the same facility.

To maintain smooth operations, FDA is relying on swift reauthorization of industry-paid user fee programs.

Tezpire (tezepelumab-ckko) has been approved as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe asthma.

The agency recommended granting conditional marketing authorization for use of Nuvaxovid in people 18 years of age and older.

FDA approved American Regent’s Injectafer (ferric carboxymaltose injection) for the treatment of pediatric patients with iron deficiency anemia.

General agreement that FDA needs a confirmed commissioner may speed Califf’s appointment.

The European Medicines Agency has accepted Sanofi’s marketing authorization application for olipudase alfa, a potential new therapy for acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, a rare disease.

GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology have received a conditional marketing authorization from MHRA for Xevudy (sotrovimab) in the treatment of COVID-19.

Guide addresses challenges of applying GMPs to autologous cell therapy manufacturing.

Roche’s Actemra/RoActemra (tocilizumab) is now approved in the EU for the treatment of adults with severe COVID-19 symptoms.

Longeveron’s Lomacel-B received an Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome.

President Joe Biden highlighted how current proposals for curbing outlays on pharmaceuticals will help protect patients’ health and save the government billions.

Following mixed results from clinical trials, a panel of outside experts voted 13-10 to recommend Merck’s pill for Emergency Use Authorization.

Fully automated enzyme analysis can ease a persistent bottleneck in biocatalyst development for bio/pharmaceutical applications.

Subtitle FDA approved rituximab in combination with chemotherapy for pediatric patients with previously untreated, advanced stage, CD20-positive DLBCL/BL/BLL/B-AL.

High price tags threaten to block patient access to potentially life-saving cures and treatments.

EMA has fully validated the marketing authorization application for Atara Biotherapeutics’ off-the-shelf allogeneic T-cell therapy, tab-cel (tabelecleucel), with an approval decision expected in 2022.

Timing is everything, and it might be ideal for acceleration of real-time monitoring solutions.

Defining expectations, such as GMPs, is paramount for sourcing the right biopharmaceutical raw materials.

Confounding signals pose challenges to analytical methods necessary for managing residual impurity removal in biotherapeutic manufacturing.

While supply chain disruptions have resulted in many alterations to workplace practices, they have also presented an opportunity to get ahead of changes to the EU’s upcoming revision of Annex 1.

Glycosylation monitoring has been heavily dependent on manual processes, but the automation of sample preparation streamlines the overall workflow.

The need for medicines to combat COVID-19 has impacted the way regulatory agencies carry out their operations.

We have broken rules, invented new ones, and engineered stronger institutions and supply chains that will serve us better going forward.

Susan J. Schniepp, distinguished fellow at Regulatory Compliance Associates, answers some commonly asked questions about the difference between the roles of quality assurance and quality control.