The Project Orbis initiative, which provides a framework for international partner regulators to evaluate cancer drug filings concurrently or near-concurrently with the US Food and Drug Administration, led to a 135 day reduction in the regulatory submission gap in Switzerland, according to a study published in The Lancet .
Project Orbis Led To 80% Cut In Submission Gap For Cancer Drugs In Switzerland
The international Project Orbis regulatory collaboration initiative reduced the submission gap between filings made in the US and Switzerland even more than expected, marking a step towards faster access to innovative cancer drugs, regulatory experts have told the Pink Sheet.

More from Product Reviews
The weight management drug, Mysimba, continues to demonstrate a positive benefit-risk balance but the data available are not sufficient to fully determine the cardiovascular safety beyond 12 months. Meanwhile, Currax this month announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study of Mysimba that followed patients for over 4.7 years and found no evidence of excess cardiovascular risk.
This is an update of recommendations from the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use on the authorization of new medicines in the EU, and updates on EU marketing authorization changes recommended by the CHMP.
Sanofi’s Dupixent, Amgen’s Uplizna, and Bristol’s Opdivo seek new indications, while J&J hopes to start a franchise with nipocalimab and Stealth’s day of reckoning approaches.
The European Medicines Agency has recommended five drugs for EU-wide approval , including Averoa’s Xoanacyl for concomitant hyperphosphatemia. Two companies have withdrawn their marketing authorization applications.
More from Pink Sheet
One CDRH employee said the cuts already are having a major effect on morale.
Mass FDA layoffs on 1 April were designed to spare product reviewers, but still touched many who are critical to the application review process or drug development, which could mean fewer treatments are brought to the US market first.
Pharmaceutical companies are being encouraged to reach out to NICE in relation to its HTA Innovation Lab, which provides a sandbox environment in which the health technology assessment body can test new methods of evaluating “innovative and disruptive” therapies.