Conversations in Drug Development Trends

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

While traditionally conducted during Phase 2 or later, the FDA has recently been requesting data sooner in the development process, making it critical to implement proactive AME studies to lay the groundwork for advanced phases of your clinical program. To accomplish this, we pay careful attention to both dosing and sample collection.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

Premier Consulting’s regulatory strategists specializing in the US FDA’s 505(b)(2) approval pathway are often asked how a sponsor can recover from a pre-IND meeting that doesn’t go as planned. Start by analyzing the feedback received during the meeting and thoroughly reviewing the FDA’s recommendations and suggestions.

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Alta Sciences

AUGUST 28, 2023

Altasciences Completes Successful Phase I Trial of Ischemix’ Novel Compound for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) pmjackson Mon, 08/28/2023 - 14:04 Laval, Québec, August 30, 2023 – Altasciences is pleased to have completed a Phase I trial on Ischemix, Inc.’s

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New Drug Approvals

DECEMBER 24, 2023

“Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of eplontersen, an antisense oligonucleotide in development for transthyretin amyloidosis” British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. S2CID 250989659. ^ “Eplontersen: FDA-Approved Drugs” U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 7 March 2023. .

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 6, 2023

FDA fiscal year in review: New drug approvals in the wake of the pandemic and legislative reforms AgencyIQ analyzed CDER’s novel drug approvals in Fiscal Year 2023, identifying a recovery in approval numbers as the agency resumes a new normal following the pandemic. The FDA also refers to novel products as “New Molecular Entities,” or NMEs.

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Alta Sciences

JULY 25, 2024

Discover some of the nonclinical requirements for moving dermal studies into Phase I clinical trials, including formulation considerations, species selection, and ideal candidates for transdermal drug delivery systems (TDDS). Read or listen now. Watch the webinar. Because of this, considering other regulatory pathways is necessary.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2023

FDA updates guidance on developing drugs for Covid-19, replacing pandemic-era version Last week, FDA published the third update to its guidance on the development of products to prevent or treat Covid-19. The FDA also implemented new flexibilities for certain regulated products and processes, typically via enforcement discretion.

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The Premier Consulting Blog

JUNE 18, 2023

One exciting application of these technologies is the use of in silico trials in the development of novel therapies for rare diseases. However, with rare diseases there may be no available treatments that could serve as SoC or active control in a clinical trial and assigning patients to placebo may be unethical.

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Agency IQ

MAY 3, 2024

What We Expect the FDA to do in May and June 2024 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the months ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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Alta Sciences

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Discover the considerations and assessments necessary for performing preclinical research for ophthalmic therapies in this new eBook, that covers everything you need to know, from species selection and routes of administration, to preparing for first-in-human trials. Read it now. The Altascientist : Issue No. Read or listen now. Listen here.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The FDA and oncology: 2023 year in review As we round the corner into the last few weeks of 2023, AgencyIQ has taken a look back at a very busy year for the FDA’s oncology staff, and for sponsors. Since its inception, OCE has initiated an extensive list of initiatives and has taken the lead on over forty guidances published by FDA.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in October 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. AgencyIQ October 1 Nitrosamine testing due to FDA.

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Alta Sciences

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Adherence to harmonized pharmacy-specific SOPs based on cGMP principles at our three clinical pharmacology units. Exceptional inspection results from major regulators such as the FDA, HC, EMA, and MHRA. Image GettyImages-897885148_pharmacy.jpg Tags Clinical Trials

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Agency IQ

JULY 8, 2024

What We Expect the FDA to do in July and August 2024 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the months ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. We will see if FDA is willing to accept those changes later this month.

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Agency IQ

JUNE 2, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in June 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. In 2022 and 2021, the Spring Unified Agenda was released in early/mid June.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 27, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in November 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. FDA is also due to revise 24 other guidance documents at that time.

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The Pharma Data

MAY 2, 2022

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for zuranolone in the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD). The companies have submitted the nonclinical module of the NDA to the FDA and plan to submit the remaining components for the MDD filing in the second half of 2022.

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Agency IQ

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

FDA’s nonprescription advisors find no efficacy for phenylephrine This week, FDA’s Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee (NDAC) voted unanimously that current scientific data do not support the efficacy of oral phenylephrine as a nasal decongestant, aligning with FDA analysis — and re-analysis — of data.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Workshop addresses oncology dose optimization across full span of development In a series of broad-ranging, frank discussions, attendees at a joint FDA-American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) workshop worked through opportunities and challenges for dose optimization across the span of cancer drug development activities.

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Agency IQ

OCTOBER 20, 2023

BsUFA III regulatory science pilot offers progress report, fields stakeholder criticisms and questions This week, FDA and its grantees briefed stakeholders on the status of research projects funded through the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BSUFA III) Regulatory Science Pilot Program. Developing biosimilars is an extensive and expensive process.

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The Pharma Data

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Patient enrollment of EXCELLENCE pivotal trial reaches 98%. The trial remains on-track to complete enrollment of all 500 patients in the United States and Australia before the end of 2020, despite the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Phase I clinical trial is ongoing in Taiwan in Australia, with results expected in 2021.

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Metabolite Tales Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Metabolism of de novo-designed macrocyclic drugs approved by the FDA By Julia Shanu-Wilson To date, only 4% (67) of FDA approved drugs are macrocycles [1]. Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders. of parent drug exposure respectively.

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Metabolite Tales Blog

JULY 5, 2023

Metabolism of de novo-designed macrocyclic drugs approved by the FDA By Julia Shanu-Wilson To date, only 4% (67) of FDA approved drugs are macrocycles [1]. Current macrocycles in clinical use generally focus on treatment of infectious diseases, cancer and auto-immune disorders.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Patients in the trial received either a combination of ERLEADA ® and ZYTIGA ® plus prednisone (combination arm) or placebo and ZYTIGA ® plus prednisone (control arm). [i] Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for nmCRPC on February 14, 2018 and was approved for mCSPC on September 17, 2019. FDA on February 8, 2018. [vi]

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Alta Sciences

JULY 31, 2024

How Improving Diversity Can Benefit Clinical Trials pmjackson Wed, 07/31/2024 - 19:19 In July 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a draft guidance to ensure greater diversity in clinical trials, which is expected to become a final guidance by June 2025.

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Agency IQ

DECEMBER 1, 2023

What We Expect the FDA to do in December 2023 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the month ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. This is already proving to be one of the FDA’s most-opposed actions in years.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

What We Expect the FDA to do in February and March 2024 (Updated) In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the months ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

166 guidance documents the FDA is actively working on in 2024 (and beyond) The FDA is set to be very, very busy in 2024. For now, we haven’t included all documents previously released by the FDA in draft form unless specifically included on the agency’s draft agendas. New on CDRH’s guidance agenda. Priority A List.

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Agency IQ

MARCH 1, 2024

What We Expect the FDA to do in March and April 2024 In this ongoing feature, AgencyIQ looks at public data to determine what the FDA is likely to do in the months ahead, including key deadlines, meetings, events, planned regulations, comment periods and more. FDA has been holding bi-monthly “Town Hall” meetings to prepare.

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Agency IQ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Under the FDA’s Good Guidance Practices regulation at 21 CFR 10.115 , the agency is required to annually publish “a list of possible topics for future guidance document development or revision during the next year.” This list is known as the FDA’s “guidance agenda.”

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To this end, FDA recently announced the publication of a guidance titled “Considerations for Long-Term Clinical Neurodevelopmental Safety Studies in Neonatal Product Development,” (the “Guidance”). Additionally, the Guidance states that sponsors should provide study plans for FDA review.

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FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Valentine On November 19, 2024, FDA released a draft guidance titled Frequently Asked Questions Developing Potential Cellular and Gene Therapy Products. Section #1: FDA Interactions Given the wide range of sponsors (i.e., Section #3: Human Trials Finally, the guidance provides a quick overview of clinical study recommendations.

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Drug Target Review

JANUARY 20, 2025

The oncology drug development landscape is evolving rapidly, driven by the deployment of targeted therapies in precision medicine and regulatory initiatives like the FDAs Project Optimus. Adaptive trial designs : Building flexibility into trial protocols that allow for enriching cohorts if biomarkers are identified mid-study.

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Drug Target Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

percent of potentially clinically relevant cancer biomarkers described in literature progress to routine clinical use. 2 The biomarker development pipeline involves multiple stages, including discovery, analytical validation, clinical validation and regulatory qualification. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

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