SIFI Among EU Fast-Track Hopefuls With ‘World’s First’ Drug For Parasitic Eye Infection

While the first six months of the year saw eight new drugs targeting a range of diseases enter the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme, and three PRIME-designated treatments go on to win EU marketing approval, use of the accelerated assessment mechanism appears to be limited.

A new EU strategy to ensure access to essential medicines will boost the development of critical medical counter measures, including vaccines and therapies, according to one pharmaceutical industry group.

In this first of a two-part series of articles, US Pharmacopeia CEO Ronald T. Piervincenzi tells the Pink Sheet how the use of alternatives to animal testing in drug development is gaining traction and discusses the challenges that exist.

Data is “the new oil,” but its use will challenge regulators, while inertia is the biggest disrupter of all for European regulators, according to European Medicines Agency chiefs past and present.