New guidance is due in a few months that should answer questions about how the FDA will react if a sponsor does not reach its clinical trial diversity goals.
MONTREAL – Sponsors may find an understanding and flexible US Food and Drug Administration enforcement approach to missed clinical trial diversity goals.
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Mechanisms in the draft treaty that the more than 190 member states of the World Health Organization have finally agreed to are expected to “materially affect companies,” particularly those that develop, manufacture or distribute pandemic-related health care products.
Sponsors and regulatory agencies within the 27 EU member states must all be “committed” to working with the EU Clinical Trials Regulation in the most appropriate way to keep pace with other countries, including the UK where competition is heating up, says Miguel Forte, CEO of Kiji Therapeutics.
Europe’s vaccines industry wants to make sure immunizations “are not forgotten” by policymakers who are overseeing the EU Health Technology Assessment Regulation. It has highlighted several nuances of vaccines that should be addressed over the coming years.
Industry feedback on a European Medicines Agency pilot that introduced a “stepwise” approach to pediatric investigation plans was positive, but the future of the new model will depend on the outcome of the pharmaceutical legislation negotiations, the agency says.
Experts working in the advanced therapy space say the US has less strict criteria for regulatory pathways for cell and gene therapies than the EU, particularly for products in early development.
Payers and health technology assessment bodies in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy are either unwilling to use real-world data in assessments or cannot due to their existing frameworks, say representatives from Gilead Sciences and Autolus Therapeutics.
Sponsors should review longstanding agency concepts on consumer-friendly language and claims limitations, along with Office of Prescription Drug Promotion research and enforcement, when applying the 2018 CFL guidance to direct-to-consumer advertising, Sidley Austin’s Cope says.
