Regulatory Authority Actions

The agency is responding to companies promoting and selling medical products that claim, but are unproven, to prevent or treat COVID-19.

A high-level meeting on COVID-19 policies, organized by EMA under the auspice of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA), has brought together global regulators to ensure a coordinated pandemic response.

AbbVie and Allergan have satisfied all required antitrust clearances for the acquisition.

FDA’s EUA provides the first new treatment for COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms.

Will moving at “warp speed” to develop a vaccine impact efficacy or safety?

The statement, published by the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities, outlined its commitment to a strengthening of global collaboration in the fight against COVID-19.

The approval was based on pharmacokinetic data, the relationship of exposure to efficacy, and the relationship of exposure to safety.

The agency sent warning letters to three more companies for selling unapproved products claiming to treat COVID-19.

The task force will assist in the developing, authorizing, and monitoring of treatments of COVID-19.

The guidance answers questions on changes made to the regulatory framework to address challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EMA's CHMP has recommended the use of remdesivir, an investigational antiviral medicine, in compassionate use programs across the European Union.

The agency has been tasked with coordinating efforts to mitigate shortages of medicines within Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With new tests showing NDMA levels increase under normal storage conditions, FDA calls for removal of ranitidine products from the market.

FDA is encouraging alternative insulins and challenging anticompetitive practices.

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the agencies co-chaired the first global regulators meeting to facilitate development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19.

FDA officials are rolling out guidance and support for researchers striving to assess potential treatments for COVID-19 while the agency tries to object to premature optimism and regain public credibility.

FDA is offering advice and added flexibility to help sponsors adjust ongoing and planned clinical research programs during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The guidance details considerations FDA has set in place to assure the safety of participants while maintaining compliance with good clinical practices and minimizing risks to trial integrity.

With some FDA inspections on hold, will the US drug supply maintain its quality standards?

Now officially a worldwide pandemic, the biomedical research community is rushing to develop treatments and preventives to halt the spread and severity of the COVID-19 virus.

The agency is postponing the inspection of most foreign facilities through April 2020.

The action involves allowing specific National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-approved respirators not regulated by FDA to be used in healthcare settings to increase the number of respirators available in the United States.

FDA issued a notice to drug compounders regarding the transition of licensure of biologics to the Public Health Service Act.

A guidance document answers questions regarding the transition of biologics applications from under the FD&C Act to the PHS Act.

States, hospitals, and insurers support manufacturing arrangements to ensure access to affordable medicines.

Emergency actions to protect patients and the drug supply may have long-term implications.

With the first announced drug shortage tied to the coronavirus outbreak, FDA emphasizes urgency for monitoring drug supply chain.

As the date for transitioning the approval of biologic drug to a new pathway comes closer, FDA publishes a final rule and answers questions on the pathway changes.

US and European regulatory officials continue to anticipate supply shortages in multiple areas.

FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research is planning on publishing nine specific guidance documents on gene therapies in 2020.