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Quotable: Top Experts On Policy Hot Topics

 

The Pink Sheet highlights recent comments and insights from pharma officials and executives on key issues we are covering.

Eisai Still Considering Next Steps After Australia Again Rejects Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi

 

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration proposed a narrower indication that Eisai rejected.

Global Pharma Guidance Tracker – February 2025

 

Stay up to date on regulatory guidelines from around the world with the Pink Sheet's Guidance Tracker. The complete Global Pharma Guidance Tracker, with sortable and searchable listings going back to 2014, is available online.

Global Regulators Consider Extending Pilot On Post-Approval CMC Changes After Positive Findings

 

Regulatory authorities from multiple regions are considering extending a pilot project related to collaborative assessments of post-approval chemistry, manufacturing and controls changes, with a focus on the supply of critical medicines.


New Global GCP Standard Puts Proportionality In Focus For Trial Sponsors

 
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Pharma industry representative at the ICH expert working group that drew-up the new international good clinical practice standard is advising trial sponsors to focus on proportionality and a risk-based approach throughout their trial design, conduct, analysis and reporting.

EU Product Liability Directive Could Spell Trouble For Non-EU Pharma Firms

 

The EU’s new Product Liability Directive will make it easier for European consumers to seek compensation relating to defective products even if manufacturers are based outside the bloc. Legal experts caution that this could have substantial implications for pharmaceutical companies.

Quotable: Top Experts On Policy Hot Topics

 

The Pink Sheet highlights recent comments and insights from pharma officials and executives on key issues we are covering.

IGBA Picks Apart Innovator Patent ‘Gaming Systems’

 

The International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association has introduced its first global intellectual property and competition report, addressing the urgent need to reform current regulations. But, in a bid to increase access to medicines across the world, did it stop short at just IP and patents?


Global Pharma Guidance Tracker – January 2025

 

Stay up to date on regulatory guidelines from around the world with the Pink Sheet's Guidance Tracker. The complete Global Pharma Guidance Tracker, with sortable and searchable listings going back to 2014, is available online.

WHO Issues Environmental Sustainability Call To Regulators And Pharmaceutical Industry

 

The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an initiative to highlight the pressing global need to reduce the impact of the pharmaceutical industry on the environment while maintaining high standards of safety and efficacy for products.

Quotable: Top Experts On Policy Hot Topics

 

The Pink Sheet highlights recent comments and insights from pharma officials and executives on key issues we are covering.

ICH Heralds New Era For Clinical Trials With Renovated E6(R3) Guideline

 
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Modernized good clinical practice principles finalized by the International Council for Harmonisation focus on fostering a quality culture, proactively designing quality into trials, identifying factors critical to trial quality, engaging interested parties, and using a proportionate risk-based approach.


England’s NICE Leads Global Effort On Surrogate Endpoints For Cost-Effectiveness

 

Health technology assessment bodies in England, the US, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Colombia have joined forces to produce guidance for drug developers on using surrogate endpoints for cost-effectiveness analyses.

Global Pharma Guidance Tracker – December 2024

 

Stay up to date on regulatory guidelines from around the world with the Pink Sheet's Guidance Tracker. The complete Global Pharma Guidance Tracker, with sortable and searchable listings going back to 2014, is available online.

PIC/S Sets Global Standards For Remote GMP Inspections

 
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Final guidance on remote and hybrid good manufacturing practice inspections from the global inspectorate body, the PIC/S, aims to enhance inter-agency communication, improve reliance on inspections and ensure efficient use of global resources.

Protect Clinical Trial Data From The Start To Promote Privacy, Build Trust

 
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Clinical trial sponsors should strive to strike a balance between privacy and transparency at the very beginning of a trial to be successful, advises Certara’s Honz Slipka.


Cut the Clutter From Clinical Study Reports, Advise Transparency Experts

 
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Two transparency experts share best practices for writing clinical study reports to protect patient privacy.

Quotable: Top Experts On Policy Hot Topics

 

The Pink Sheet highlights recent comments and insights from pharma officials and executives on key issues we are covering.

Global Pharma Guidance Tracker – November 2024

 
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Stay up to date on regulatory guidelines from around the world with the Pink Sheet's Guidance Tracker. The complete Global Pharma Guidance Tracker, with sortable and searchable listings going back to 2014, is available online.

Tackling Mpox: Global Regulators Call For Larger Trials And Coordinated Pathways

 

International regulators want developers of new mpox vaccines to consider alternatives to placebo-controlled studies when these are not feasible, such as the use of animal models and immunobridging studies.