Regulatory Authority Actions

FDA will restart in-person, face-to-face meetings with industry sponsors beginning Feb. 13, 2023, after a shift to all-virtual meetings during the pandemic.

FDA plans to authorize a common bivalent shot that targets both the original COVID-19 strain and Omicron subvariants.

The BsUFA facilitates the development of safe and effective biosimilars and interchangeable biosimilars for patients by supporting FDA review of biosimilar submissions.

In a response letter, FDA stated that it could not grant Eli Lilly and Company accelerated approval due to concerns surrounding insufficient quantity of clinical trial data.

The guidance is intended to provide nonclinical, virology, and clinical considerations for mpox drug development programs, targeting on recommendations to support initiation of clinical trials.

The efficacy data across multiple clinical endpoints and a favorable safety profile support the potential of AMB-05X as a best-in-class therapy for the treatment of TGCT regardless of surgical resectability.

The guidance provides examples of required and recommended information in the Dosage and Administration section.

The agreement will be able to let FDA and the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic) utilize each other’s GMP inspections of manufacturing facilities, avoiding the need for duplicate inspections.

The members reviewed the measures to minimize the risk of serious side effects associated with Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors used to treat several chronic inflammatory disorders.

Epinephrine is a critical medication used during life-threatening conditions that can affect any age and any person.

A REMS document is a part of a REMS required by FDA and establishes the goals and requirements of the REMS.

The company was awarded the Terra Carta Seal in recognition of its commitment to creating a sustainable future.

Eisai’s Alzheimer’s treatment, Leqembi (lecanemab-irmb), received approval from FDA via the Accelerated Approval pathway.

The agency revised a regulation to enable pharmacies to dispense mifepristone directly to individuals with a prescription.

Politics and drug shortages will continue to impact FDA and drug manufacturers in 2023.

A CCS provides significant benefits to the industry and helps with holistically understanding contamination controls, says Siegfried Schmitt, vice president, Technical at Parexel.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2023 provides FDA with a $6.6 billion total budget.

Bylvay has minimal systemic exposure and acts locally in the small intestine as a potent, once-daily, non-systemic ileal bile acid transport inhibitor (IBATi).

The MAA is supported by data from the pivotal Phase III GEMSTONE-302 trial that evaluated treatment with sugemalimab in combination with chemotherapy in patients with metastatic NSCLC.

FDA has announced that bebtelovimab is not currently authorized for emergency use in any region of the US.

The objectives of the new opportunity are to improve the quality and/or use of RWD, promote better understanding of RWE study designs, and develop specific tools to evaluate aspects of RWE generation.

The approval is based on results from the pivotal EFFISAYIL 1 Phase II clinical trial.

mRNA-1273.222 has also received FDA EUA for children and adolescents between six and 17 years of age and for adults over the age of 18 years of age.

The guidance discusses statistical approaches for BE comparisons and focuses on how to use these approaches both generally and in specific situations.

FDA struggles to track shortages caused by a rise in demand.