CBER director said unlicensed stem cell clinics often report adverse events not made public, which is a concern under Right To Try.
Asked about the US's Right to Try law, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Director Peter Marks said he needed to "carefully side-step" the issue, but he was willing to discuss what he called a surrogate marker for the new framework.
During the Nov. 14 Biopharma Congress IV, sponsored by Prevision Policy and the Friends of Cancer Research, he was queried...
In this second of a two-part series of articles, US Pharmacopeia CEO Ronald T. Piervincenzi tells the Pink Sheet which animal testing models have alternative options and highlights where further investment and research is needed to develop appropriate alternatives.
A “basket approach” to phasing out animal testing could help identify areas where “moonshot” research is required to implement new approach methodologies, according to EU industry federation EFPIA.
Akin to the 505(b)(2) NDA, a new biologic pathway could reduce the need for animal testing, FDA toxicologist says. Expanded use of generally accepted scientific knowledge (GASK), which few sponsors have attempted despite a 2023 draft guidance, would also help.
Extended-release stimulants will add a new ‘Limitation of Use’ about weight loss in children under 6 years, reflecting concerns about overuse from the Make America Healthy Again commission, a concern multiple studies did not find valid.
As the European Commission prepares a formal evaluation of the SPC manufacturing waiver, the generics and biosimilars industry is getting ready to provide detailed feedback on what works – and what doesn’t. At Medicines for Europe’s legal affairs conference, delegates heard the latest updates.
The AI observatory, created by the European medicines regulatory network to track the evolving use of artificial intelligence in medicines development and regulation, has issued its first annual report.
In defending his decision to overrule agency staff on three recent COVID-19 vaccine applications, the CBER director questioned the original timing of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine authorization, reviving a long-held, but unproven grievance of President Trump.
