European Pharmaceutical Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In this Q&A, Karen Pinachyan, Head of Medical Affairs Europe at CSL Behring summarises key considerations for gene therapy drug development and the ideal approach for alleviating economic strain when advancing these modern treatments. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires a patient follow up period of at least 10-15 years.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JANUARY 29, 2024

1 Some five years after the initial NDMA (N-nitrosodimethylamine) contamination issue 2 initially affecting valsartan drug substance, then other active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), eg, sartans, ranitidine, metformin, etc; the toxic short alkyl chain N-nitrosamine issue appears, if not resolved, then well on the way to resolution.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 9, 2023

A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Advisory Committee (AdCom) has voted unanimously in favour of AstraZeneca’s and Sanofi’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract disease (LRTD) prophylactic nirsevimab for use in newborns and infants entering their first RSV season.

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Clarivate

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Clinical outcome assessments can take years to generate but may pay big dividends in patient-focused drug development, centering the patient experience and potentially bolstering a product’s case with regulators and payers. The purpose of clinical trials is to understand the efficacy and safety of treatments for the patients who need them.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

MAY 4, 2023

Data announced at the European Lung Cancer Congress (ELCC) earlier this month revealed the long-term efficacy and safety of RYBREVANT ® (amivantamab) in patients with post-platinum EGFR Ex20ins-mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Why are bispecific monoclonal antibody drugs such as amivantamab promising for this indication?

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JULY 5, 2022

Several lifestyle factors have been shown to increase the risk of developing stomach cancer, including alcohol consumption, smoking and consuming foods preserved by salts. There is an urgent need for more effective chemotherapy treatments with less severe toxicity and side effects. New hope for stomach cancer patients.

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European Pharmaceutical Review

JUNE 8, 2023

2 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently announced that it will control the quality of tobacco products, particularly e-cigarettes, more closely, to prevent avoidable contamination and help address “inconsistencies between product labelling and actual concentrations” in these products, potentially misleading customers.

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Clarivate

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Food and Administration (FDA) approval, a change long sought by animal welfare organizations. Drugs can be now cleared for human trials using non-animal technologies developed over the last 10-15 years. Since then, animal-based testing has been the gold standard for establishing a drug’s safety and efficacy.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 8, 2022

In 2017, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) broke ground by approving the first drug with an embedded biosensor to track its use. Proteus Health’s Abilify MyCite had an ingestible sensor that could track if a patient consumed the drug. Proteus’s profile grew considerably; it was soon valued at $1.5

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 20, 2023

Following a tumultuous development cycle, DBV Technologies will now have to conduct an additional safety study of its peanut allergy Viaskin patch in toddlers ages 1–3 years, based on written correspondence from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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