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JANUARY 16, 2023

This Q&A covers the key developments in pharmaceutical microbiology in 2022, featuring insight from pharmaceutical microbiology experts: Dr Tim Sandle, Head of Microbiology, Bio Products Laboratory Limited. Regulation, particularly Annex 1, was identified as a key focus for 2022.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Clarivate Plc has released its Drugs to Watch 2023 report — among 70 of the drugs highlighted, including potential blockbuster drugs, the majority were revealed to be personalised medicines. The report offers predictive analysis of drugs entering the market or launching key indications in 2023.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

Most psychedelic drugs are Schedule I controlled substances, which means that very strict legal and regulatory controls accompany their use” Some psychedelics originate in nature and have been used by Indigenous cultures for thousands of years; others are manipulated or manufactured. 1 Such restraints have stood solid for decades.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Shionogi has obtained fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ensitrelvir fumaric acid, an investigational oral antiviral drug for the treatment of Covid-19. The firm also plans to initiate new studies to further assess the drug.

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JULY 4, 2024

In the US, botanical dietary supplements can be sold without US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, 1 prompting many vendors to promote the use of botanical products as dietary supplements , 2 rather than pursue a path of regulatory approval. 3 Is two too few?

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APRIL 28, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Orphan Drug Designation to Editas Medicine’s gene therapy EDIT-301 in sickle cell disease, based on an April 27 announcement. The US agency previously granted the Orphan Drug Designation to EDIT-301 for its study in beta thalassemia, in May 2022.

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JUNE 16, 2023

Avenge Bio has obtained orphan drug designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AVB-001 to treat mesothelioma patients. 2022 saw approximately 3,000 new cases reported in the US while approximately 2,500 people died from the disease.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

MOMENTUM was a randomised, double-blind Phase III clinical trial of momelotinib versus danazol in symptomatic and anaemic myelofibrosis patients treated with a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved JAK inhibitor.

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APRIL 26, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation to IN8bio’s INB-400 and INB-410 to treat a range of malignant gliomas, including newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This marks the first-ever designation for genetically modified gamma-delta T cell therapies.

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JANUARY 16, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Rykindo ® (risperidone) for extended-release injectable suspension. The drug is indicated as a bi-weekly treatment for schizophrenia and as monotherapy or as adjunctive therapy to lithium or valproate for bipolar I disorder in adults.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) has approved Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub) as a biosimilar to Johnson & Johnson’s Stelara (ustekinumab). billion in 2022, according to J&J’s financial results. Like Stelara, the most serious known side effect of Wezlana is infection. US sales of Stelara totalled $6.4

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MARCH 4, 2024

1 However, the entry of biologics into the pharmaceutical market is not without unique challenges, particularly when compared to small molecule drugs. Indeed, in 2022, biologics constituted 40 percent of all US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drugs, projecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.5

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APRIL 21, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has pushed quizartinib’s Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) date in newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive acute myeloid leukemia (AML) for the review of updates of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) included in the application. months , compared to 15.1

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The following year, the US Congress passed the 1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act, which mandated safety assessments prior to the release of any new drug. 05 October 2022. Elixirs, diluents, and the passage of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. 400(10361); 2022; 1395.

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APRIL 6, 2023

The Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has accepted Everest Medicines’ new drug application (NDA) for Nefecon to treat adults with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) who are at risk of disease progression. Singapore has therefore become the second country to accept the NDA, following mainland China in November 2022.

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JANUARY 26, 2023

The ICH M10 guideline provides recommendations on the validation of bioanalytical assays for chemical and biological drugs and their metabolites in biological matrices. These concentration measurements are used as part of regulatory decisions regarding the safety and efficacy of medicinal products.

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OCTOBER 25, 2022

Phase III trial results found that three years post-treatment, 31 percent of patients given the drug combination were still alive. The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval took data from the HIMALAYA Phase III trial into consideration. No new safety precautions were identified.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Roche’s PATHWAY anti-HER2/neu (4B5) Rabbit Monoclonal Primary Antibody (PATHWAY anti-HER2 (4B5) test), which identifies low HER2 expression in metastatic breast cancer.

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MAY 9, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Vedanta Biosciences’ oral microbiome treatment VE303 a fast track designation for the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile (C.diff) infection, as the company plans to start a Phase III trial later this year, based on a May 8 announcement.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s approval of Ferring Pharmaceuticals’ gene therapy Adstiladrin ® (nadofaragene firadenovec-vncg) in December 2022, new long-term follow up data has been revealed. The KM-estimated median duration of HG recurrence-free survival was six months, with a 30.1

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AUGUST 30, 2022

The report, Clinical Trials – The Importance of Diversity in Clinical Trials , examined data from clinical trials initiated between 1 January 2013 and 16 June 2022. Earlier this year the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance to support companies in enrolling more ethnically diverse trial populations.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

has announced its B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-CD3-targeted bispecific antibody (BsAb) elranatamab for relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) has received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The investigation noted elranatamab delivered a manageable safety profile.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

This opinion was based on the results from the BRIGHT SKY programme, which included three Phase III clinical trials to monitor efficacy and safety in women with moderate to severe VMS. Findings from the most recent study, SKYLIGHT 4, were presented at The North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting in October 2022.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has accepted the Biologics License Application (BLA) for nirsevimab for the prevention of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in all infants.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Dupixent ® (dupilumab) as a treatment for children patients aged one to 11 years, weighing at least 15kg with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). First medicine approved in EU for eosinophilic esophagitis What did the data from the Phase III Dupixent study show?

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

To ensure the safety of medicines post-regulatory approval, a risk management plan (RMP) is established. An RMP is submitted as part of the dossier of all new drug applications and is evaluated by regulatory authorities before authorisation is given. What are risk minimisation methods? How is the efficacy of RMMs assessed?

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MAY 4, 2023

Adjuvanted vaccine Arexvy has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In November 2022, GSK announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had validated a marketing authorisation application (MAA) under accelerated assessment for its RSV vaccine. percent.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first oral monotherapy treatment for adults with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH). Novartis’ Factor B inhibitor, Fabhalta ® (iptacopan) provides comprehensive control of red blood cell (RBC) destruction, according to the company. percent for anti-C5.

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DECEMBER 23, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead’s Sunlenca (lenacapavir), a capsid inhibitor for adults living with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), who cannot be successfully treated with other available treatments. Sunlenca is given in combination with other antiretrovirals. In this group, 87.5

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MAY 10, 2023

In July 2022, Alvotech commenced a trial to compare AVT06 and Eylea for the treatment of adults with neovascular (wet) age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The trial has been designed to assess the efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of the therapy combination in the targeted patients. “We

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APRIL 18, 2023

Members of the FDA’s Antimicrobial Drugs AdCom voted 12-0 for the drug’s potential approval based on a positive benefit-risk assessment. The agency accepted the drug’s new drug application (NDA) for priority review in November 2022. The application’s PDUFA date was set to 29 May 2023.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

In addition, radionuclide therapy has the potential to achieve high efficacy rates since the administered drugs spare surrounding healthy tissue, thus, reducing the burden on the patient. 1-4 Besides these drug products, several companies worldwide are developing radiotheranostics in clinical trials built on various radionuclides.

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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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JANUARY 25, 2023

Clinical trials for exa-cel The ongoing Phase I/II/III open-label trials, CLIMB-111 and CLIMB-121, are designed to assess the safety and efficacy of a single dose of exa-cel, the CRISPR-based medicine, in patients ages 12 to 35 years with TDT or with SCD, respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This week, at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022 researchers presented encouraging updates on immunotherapies in the field of cervical cancer. Opdivo is a programmed cell death receptor-1 (PD-1) inhibitor approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of several cancers.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Valneva SE’s IXCHIQ ® , the first chikungunya vaccine to be authorised in the world. In March 2022, Valneva reported final pivotal Phase III data for the vaccine showing a 98.9 percent seroresponse rate at 28 days with a single vaccination.

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MAY 12, 2023

Editas Medicine will release new efficacy and safety results of its gene therapy EDIT-301 in severe sickle disease as part of an oral presentation at the European Hematology Association’s (EHA) Hybrid Congress. Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the treatment an orphan drug designation for sickle cell disease.

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