EMA, FDA To Address Quality Issues For PRIME/Breakthrough Designation Products

Experience with early access schemes in the EU and the US – i.e., PRIME and breakthrough therapy designation – has shown that sponsors face challenges in complying with quality and manufacturing data requirements. 

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The European Medicines Agency and the US Food and Drug Administration are set to discuss the quality and manufacturing-related problems that sponsors face for drugs developed under the regulators’ early access programs, PRIME (priority medicines) and breakthrough therapy designation (BTD) respectively.

The discussion will take place at a workshop on Nov. 26 at the EMA's London headquarters, where the EU regulators, industry, the FDA and other international partners will try to come up with practical solutions to address quality-related issues developers face when using the (PRIME) scheme or the BTD program

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