Neena has been covering regulatory, business and market access developments that impact pharmaceutical and medical device companies since 1997. She explores the challenges and opportunities that developments worldwide introduce for industry and regulators. Her areas of expertise include regulatory schemes for getting products to market faster. Neena's other specialist areas include new medicines coming to market in the EU, pricing and reimbursement, clinical trials, real-world evidence, post-marketing safety monitoring, transparency policies relating to the publication of trial data, and global harmonization initiatives for pharma and medtech.
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Two investigational products have made it onto the European Medicines Agency’s priority medicines scheme so far this year. Meanwhile, of the 14 products that entered the scheme last year, six were advanced therapies.
A list of EU biosimilar filings, CHMP opinions and EU marketing authorizations, including details of the biosimilar company, the brand name/INN, indication(s), the reference product/company, and the date and type of event.
The Pink Sheet's list of EU centralized approvals of new active substances has been updated to include nine new products, one of which is Kostaive (zapomeran), CSL/Arcturus Therapeutics’ self-amplifying mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 18 years and older.
The European Medicines Agency believes its plan to develop guidance for reporting and evaluating mechanistic models used for MIDD would also benefit from input from other regulatory agencies, such as those in the US, Japan and Canada.
General chapters on pyrogens, histamine and depressor substances – involving tests on rabbits, guinea pigs and cats – are being removed from the Ph. Eur, marking another step in the European Pharmacopoeia Commission’s ongoing efforts to replace, reduce and refine the use of animals for monograph requirements.
Momentum is building around the European Commission’s race to propose a Critical Medicines Act, which aims to tackle drug shortages and create a better framework for establishing manufacturing facilities of essential medicines in the EU.