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FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Essential Drug Delivery Outputs

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — For several years, FDA has requested that sponsors of drug or biologic led combination products identify essential performance requirements (EPRs) related to the device constituent in their applications. By Adrienne R. does not use this term. does not use this term.

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Lenacapavir Exhibits Atropisomerism - Mechanistic Pharmacokinetics and Disposition Studies of Lenacapavir Reveal Intestinal Excretion as a Major Clearance Pathway [Metabolism, Transport, and Pharmacogenetics]

ASPET

Lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting injectable, is the first approved human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsid inhibitor and one of a few FDA-approved drugs that exhibit atropisomerism.

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Biodistribution of Agmatine to Brain and Spinal Cord Following Systemic Delivery [Neuropharmacology]

ASPET

These protocols were then used to determine the plasma pharmacokinetics of agmatine and the extent of distribution to the CNS. Precision and accuracy of the protocol met Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards in surrogate matrix, as well as in corrected concentrations in appropriate matrices.

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FDA Releases Final ICH M13A Guidance Document

thought leadership

On October 31, 2024, FDA issued its final version of the ICH M13A guidance for industry, titled M13A Bioequivalence for Immediate-Release Solid Oral Dosage Forms.

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De-risking drug discovery with predictive AI

Broad Institute

Together, the tools estimate how a drug may impact diverse outcomes of interest to drug developers: general cellular health, pharmacokinetics, and heart and liver function. Since the FDA released these datasets, we wondered if we could use them to predict toxicity using machine learning," said Seal.

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Evaluating the Abuse Potential of Lenabasum, a Selective CB2 Cannabinoid Receptor Agonist [Behavioral Pharmacology]

ASPET

Secondary VAS and pharmacokinetic (PK) endpoints and adverse events were assessed. Drug Liking and all other VAS outcomes were greatest for nabilone 3mg and 6mg, which is a currently FDA-approved medication. Three doses of lenabasum (20, 60, and 120mg) were compared to placebo, and nabilone (3 and 6mg).

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Metabolism of 2023 FDA Approved Small Molecules – PART 2

Metabolite Tales Blog

Table 1: Small molecule drugs approved by the FDA in 2023 with reported involvement of phase II mechanisms In vitro : In vivo differences Incubation of the SGLT2 (sodium-glucose co-transporter-2) inhibitor bexagliflozin in human liver microsomes points to metabolism through both oxidation and glucuronidation to 6 main metabolites.