The US FDA’s new guidance defining a “Platform Technology Designation” makes clear that what counts as a “platform” may not match industry’s use of the term.
The idea of a biotech “platform” company is almost as old as the biotech sector itself.
Sponsors may find that their definition of platform technology is different from the FDA’s thinking.
The pioneering biotech company Genentech, Inc. is arguably the first example. It owned the fundamental patent on recombinant...
US FDA critics have long decried the practice of using informal communications to convey regulatory expectations as podium policy. In the Makary era, the phrase may need to be updated because the agency now seems to be specializing in policy by podcast.
US FDA Commissioner Martin Makary will establish "national priorities" used to select sponsors for the pilot of “tumor board-style” drug reviews that would start before Phase III is completed.
Despite following the path of the popular Project Orbis, the cell and gene therapy international collaborative review pilot is being reconsidered by the FDA's new management.
Key expert panel go-ahead with a trial waiver put’s Eisai's Alzheimer's therapy on track for a debut in India where tailored pricing will be pivotal. Lilly’s Kisunla is also under regulatory review.
Despite following the path of the popular Project Orbis, the cell and gene therapy international collaborative review pilot is being reconsidered by the FDA's new management.
It appears that the European Medicines Agency is making progress on its re-examination of Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s disease drug Kisunla, following an initial rejection in March based on safety concerns.
Key expert panel go-ahead with a trial waiver put’s Eisai's Alzheimer's therapy on track for a debut in India where tailored pricing will be pivotal. Lilly’s Kisunla is also under regulatory review.
