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Harnessing continuous improvement in the CAPA process

European Pharmaceutical Review

With the corrective and preventive action (CAPA) process often a “one-size-fits-all” approach, a whitepaper by the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) Case for Quality Collaborative Community (CfQcc) has instead shared a risk-based framework focusing on continuous improvement. These results are included in most recent paper.

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Avoid CMC Challenges by Thinking Slow, Not Fast-Discussions at USP’s Workshop

The FDA Law Blog

FDA/CBER (the Agency) provided an overview of CMC challenges for CART development (e.g., Use of automation does not allow for bypassing FDA requirements with respect to method transfer comparability. Opportunity for feedback from FDA if provided pre-BLA. Release testing alone is not sufficient.

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Automation to guide technology shift in aseptic environments

European Pharmaceutical Review

Recently, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) took the lead in pushing for process improvements using technologies already established in other manufacturing sectors. Despite this, only 13 nanomedicines had been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before 2015. Yet in 2021, 100 nanomedicines had been marketed.

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Developing a first-in-class small molecule drug for inflammatory disease

European Pharmaceutical Review

MyMD plans to present the data to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and intends to advance the clinical programme for MYMD-1 into Phase III either alone or through partnership. There are no FDA-approved medications to treat sarcopenia. Why is a TNF-α inhibitor promising as a first-in-class therapeutic for sarcopenia/frailty?

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Drug development trends: insight from Thermo Fisher’s Anil Kane

European Pharmaceutical Review

This is also evident from the number of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approvals and European Medicines Agency (EMA) approvals, which still show a large number of approvals on the small molecule side. I think we are increasingly seeing the focus move to globally approvable drug substances or drug products.

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Considerations for a Decentralized Manufacturing Paradigm

ISPE

FDA Official Warns Manufacturers of Common Problems Found in Aseptic Operations.” www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/3/fda-official-warns-manufacturers-of-common-problem 25 US Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. September 2022. 25%20from%202022%20to%202027 24 Eglovitch, J. 7 March 2023.

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Streamlining Postapproval Submissions Using ICH Q12 & SCDM

ISPE

Following approval of an initial marketing application, postapproval changes are needed to ensure adequate supply, mitigate supply risk, expand patient market access, optimize manufacturing processes, improve analytical methods, and comply with new regulatory expectations. Pharmaceutical Engineering 41, no. Draft Guidance for Industry.