FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

OCTOBER 10, 2023

By Philip Won & Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — As we recently blogged , FDA released three draft guidance documents to help enhance the predictability, consistency, and transparency of the 510(k) program. We find that this information is noteworthy for manufacturers to consider.

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MAY 20, 2024

One of the key challenges that accompanies this early phase of drug development is ensuring the preclinical CRO’s team of scientists select effective tests to accurately evaluate a new drug candidate. Clinical trials must also be managed in such a way that the integrity of the resultant data is maintained with the highest quality.

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Agency IQ

AUGUST 18, 2023

and internationally Establishing and communicating a substance’s potential to cause cancer is a cornerstone of chemical regulation worldwide. Many entries in category 2B are only weakly associated with carcinogenicity and are generally unlikely to be regulated for causing cancer. For more on the regulation of glyphosate in the E.U.,

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 12, 2024

The framework supports EPA’s mandate to develop and implement alternative test methods and strategies, or new approach methodologies (NAMs), that do not require vertebrate animal testing for assessing risk of injury to health or the environment. The plan includes a list of alternative test methods and strategies, or NAMs.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 28, 2024

BY COREY JASEPH, MS, RAC | JUN 26, 2024 11:15 PM CDT Quick background on clinical evaluation and investigation requirements under the European medical device regulation The E.U. Annex XV describes the requirements for clinical investigations and the information needed for the clinical application.

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Drug Target Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

puts an end to the previous mandate that all drugs need to be tested on animals prior to human clinical trials. Prior to this European Union Parliament, in 2021, voted for animal testing phase out. The US FDA Modernisation Act 2.0., However, building that scalable process with minimal batch variability is a challenge.

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 19, 2024

With the publication of three proposed legal acts, this concept is one step closer to streamlining the way the bloc regulates chemicals. The ensuing Chemicals Strategy expounded upon the 1S1A concept further, presenting it as the definitive approach to heighten the efficiency, consistency, and transparency of European chemical regulation.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Recently, the FDA announced that new medicines need not be tested in animals to receive regulatory approval. 3 This change signals a major shift away from animal use in drug safety regulation and encourages the use of alternative methods like organ-on-chip or other animal-free technologies. 2024 Jan 5;16(1).

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Agency IQ

JANUARY 26, 2024

FDA proposes first update to orthopedic device coating guidance since 1990s The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has issued a new draft guidance specifically laying out the types of information it would want to see in pre-market submission for orthopedic devices with specific coating types.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 9, 2023

The guidance looks very different from the draft that was published in February 2020, including changes in the scope of the guidance, its sponsorship, and the removal of all mentions of nonhuman primates for animal testing. Nonclinical studies encompass much more than just animal studies.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 11, 2021

The first co-published, peer-reviewed research paper between a commercial MPS provider and a regulator, demonstrates that data derived using CN Bio’s proprietary PhysioMimix system is appropriate for use in drug safety and metabolism applications, evidencing its enhanced performance versus standard techniques. Source link.

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Codon

JULY 21, 2024

It may seem that if researchers are sufficiently concerned about the welfare of lab animals, the best thing to do would be to stop using animals altogether. However, a multitude of factors—from institutional inertia to a global animal-testing industry worth billions of dollars —make this outcome unlikely.

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Agency IQ

JULY 12, 2024

The 53 regulations that FDA is currently working on The FDA on Friday unveiled its much-anticipated Spring 2024 Unified Agenda, a document outlining the regulations the agency plans to release in 2024 and beyond. Of those 53, seven are new to the Agenda, having never before been included in prior agendas.

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Agency IQ

MARCH 7, 2024

Further, the agency would need to make a separate table finding “at least $8,500,000,” for cosmetics regulation implementation ($7 million of that) and work on finding alternatives to animal testing ($1.5 The budget agreement “asks” the FDA for some information and activities, and “recognizes” some FDA authority in other areas.

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