Navigating The EU's Revised Clinical Trial Disclosure Rules
The European Medicines Agency is preparing to roll out simplified transparency rules for its Clinical Trials Information System in mid-2024. This article looks at what will change and the impact on the thousands of trials that are already in the system.
EU’s Innovative Drug Approval Tally Shows Sharp Decline
The numbers may be down, but Europeans will in future be able to gain access to a number of highly innovative medicines, including several products for hard-to-treat cancers, a gene therapy for severe and moderately severe hemophilia B, and two vaccines against disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus.
As 2024 Begins, US FDA’s Novel Agent Prospects Look A Lot Like 2023
Immuno-oncology will remain a major force at both FDA’s drugs and biologics centers, but watch for psychiatry and antibiotics to make some noise; rare pediatric diseases will remain prominent as the priority review voucher program heads into the sunset.
Accelerated Approval Withdrawals: Will Non-Oncology Indications Stop ‘Dangling’ In 2024?
While at least 25 accelerated approval cancer indications or drugs have been pulled or requested withdrawn since 2020, there has not yet been a similar concerted regulatory effort in the non-oncology space despite a large number of products with overdue postmarketing requirements.
Confirmatory Trials: Flexibility In Timing Hinges On Accelerated Approval Indication Size – FDA’s Marks
CBER director suggests more flexibility on confirmatory study timing is warranted for accelerated approvals in rare diseases and even in some more common scenarios such as infectious disease outbreaks, although a ‘relatively stronger approach’ will apply to most large indications.
FDORA Effect? For Accelerated Approval Class Of 2023, Most Confirmatory Trials At Least Underway
Of 11 NMEs and novel biologics, only one – a vaccine for a tropical disease – did not have confirmatory studies underway or completed at the time of accelerated approval. Statutory changes are forcing companies to prioritize confirmatory trials earlier than in the past.
Regulatory Reliance Pathways: Challenges And Opportunities Ahead
International interest in fast-track regulatory reliance and collaboration pathways such as Project Orbis and the ACCESS Consortium has grown in recent years, a trend that looks set to continue in 2024. But some policy experts have warned that faster approvals are not always better, with one academic claiming the bar for marketing authorizations has dropped “far too low.”
What Do FTC’s Aggressive Moves Against Biopharma Portend For 2024?
The Federal Trade Commission blocked or restricted several deals last year, broadening what it considers to be anticompetitive transactions. Stakeholders are looking to see if the agency will bring similar cases this year and what remedies it will seek to allow deals to go forward.
Less Than First: Below-Average Innovation In US FDA’s Big 2023 Novel Approval Haul
Innovation metrics like first-in-class and breakthrough therapy approvals declined as a share of novel agents in 2023, even as the US FDA’s drugs center posted one of its biggest novel approval totals ever.
The Sudden Stop In US FDA Advisory Committees
US FDA has not had a new drug application focused advisory committee meeting in more than two months, and none are currently scheduled in 2024. After a blistering pace in the first half of 2023, FDA’s sudden slowdown in expert panels is perplexing.
Consistency, Not Fireworks: US FDA’s Novel Approvals Times Stick Close To PDUFA Schedule
CDER holds steady with a median time to approval of 11 months, while CBER posts 10.5 month median review time for its largest novel approvals class.
Japan Review/Outlook: Pricing Tweaks Considered After Year Of Change
After a year of revising and opening up its regulations for new drugs in 2023, Japan is aiming to add more reimbursement pricing premiums for innovative medicines in 2024, while cautiously discussing other detailed revisions to regulations and the pricing system.
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