US Approach To Cell And Gene Therapy Regulations ‘Less Strict’ Than EU

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.

Anna Koptina, Margareth Jorvid, Shirley Bartido, Sean Russell and Vicki Coutinho at the Advanced Therapies Congress in London, 2025 (Norstella)

The US Food and Drug Administration takes a “more pragmatic” approach to cell and gene therapy development, which provides companies with a “less stringent pathway” to show that their product has potential, according to Shirley Bartido, Takeda’s director of global regulatory affairs, cell therapy oncology.

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