Quality/GMPs

While overall industry performance is trending positive, quality failures continue to negatively impact patients and the bio/pharma industry.

This article reviews FDA’s recent efforts to streamline the biosimilar approval process and address quality concerns with the publication of new guidelines that suggest resources to aid in the biosimilar development and characterization process.

Industry practice has changed radically over the past five decades. Can laws published in the 1960s still ensure pharmaceutical quality and safety today?

Connect with pharmaceutical and healthcare regulatory authorities around the world via this directory.

Find links to pertinent regulatory and standard setting resources, guidance documents, and guidelines.

Time is running out on Ned Sharpless’ term as FDA acting commissioner, generating much talk as the administration shows interest in naming a new head for the agency.

Xeris Pharmaceuticals has received FDA approval for GVOKE (glucagon), a liquid glucagon for treating hypoglycemia.

FDA issued a statement about the importance of reporting adverse events resulting from the use of compounded drugs.

FDA announced it is developing a series of guidance documents to promote methodological patient-focused drug development.

FDA sent a warning letter to Stemell, Inc. for manufacturing and distributing unapproved products derived from umbilical cord blood and umbilical cord and for significant deviations from current good tissue practice and current good manufacturing practices.

A US District Court judge in Tennessee entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Basic Reset and Biogenyx after multiple FDA inspections of the companies’ facility found violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

The company has received breakthrough therapy designation for its prophylactic respiratory syncytial virus vaccine candidate for treating adults aged 60 years or older.

The multitude of health reform measures emerging on Capitol Hill has accelerated lobbying action across the board, along with campaign donations to candidates from all sides.

Stability testing for biologics is more complex than for small-molecule drugs, so companies should be aware of the potentially serious issues that can be costly and jeopardize drug development.

As regulatory guidance has evolved, changes in CCIT testing have also become apparent. In this article, possible CCIT strategy approaches are outlined.

Industry and regulators seek global system that reduces regional differences.

Industry experts discuss the challenges and regulations of setting up a CGMP-compliant stability testing program.

Providing regulators with a holistic approach to addressing deficiencies is the best response to an inspection, says Siegfried Schmitt, PhD, vice-president, technical, Parexel Consulting.

The editors welcome technical article contributions from biopharma industry experts.

A collaboration between Insilico Biotechnology and IFAT aims to develop a manufacturing, planning, and control system for the production of monoclonal antibodies.

While downgrading the impact of nitrosamine impurities on patients, FDA vows to step up investigations for other drug types.

FDA sent a warning letter to NingBo Huize Commodity Co. after an investigation of the company’s Zhejiang facility found falsified quality documents.

FDA sent a warning letter to Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. because of sterility testing CGMP violations.

The European Commission has approved an extension of the use of Dupixent (dupilumab) within the EU to include patients aged 12 to 17 years old with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis.

The agency is planning to clean out its drug listing records and urges companies to update any inaccurate active drug listing submission.