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STAT+: FDA will allow troubled chemotherapy maker to resume distribution of cancer drugs in short supply

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After finding a “cascade of failures” at a manufacturing plant run by a key chemotherapy supplier, the Food and Drug Administration will not allow the company to resume distribution in the U.S. beyond some   cancer medicines that are in short supply.

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STAT+: Intas Pharma employee used acid to destroy manufacturing records at troubled plant

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Last November, an employee at Intas Pharmaceuticals, which makes several widely used chemotherapies that are in short supply, was seen pouring acetic acid in a trash bin containing documents at a manufacturing facility. These serious violations of manufacturing protocols were revealed in a July 28 warning letter sent by the U.S.

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FDA won’t back Lilly’s PD-1 antibody based on Chinese data alone

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The FDA has dropped a bomb on Eli Lilly’s marketing application for cancer immunotherapy sintilimab ahead of an advisory committee meeting due to take place on Thursday. ” While ODAC could still decide to back the drug at the meeting, the FDA isn’t beholden to follow its experts’ advice.

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FDA looks at pulling speedy approvals for three cancer drugs

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FDA advisors will scrutinise three cancer immunotherapies granted conditional approvals at a three-day meeting this week, to see if they should stay on the market. . Briefing documents published by the FDA ahead of the meeting suggest that discussion will focus on ongoing trials that may serve as alternative confirmatory studies.

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2022 ISPE Annual Meeting & Expo Opening Keynotes Focus on Quality, Transformation, and Patients

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The first keynote speaker was Michael Kopcha, PhD, RPh, Director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ), Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), US FDA. The US FDA monitors quality, and Kopcha traced changes in regulation of quality over the years. FDA Activities in Support of Quality. Tue, 11/01/2022 - 06:49.

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International regulation: the importance of quality assurance in drug development

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Since the first ADC was approved by the EMA in 2012, they have generated a great deal of interest in the oncology field because of their potential to address many of the challenges of traditional chemotherapy options.

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NICE backs AZ’s Calquence for new use in leukaemia

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AstraZeneca’s BTK inhibitor Calquence has become the first targeted oral therapy to be backed by NICE for NHS England patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) who can’t be treated with first-line chemotherapy. The decision is at odds with the situation in Scotland, where Nilemdo was turned down in December.