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Responsible AI in Medical Information: Safety, Ownership, Oversight

The medical information contact center serves as a critical communication link among clinical studies, healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers to support clinical or treatment decisions. As artificial intelligence (AI) assumes a growing role in shaping these interactions, analyzing...

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Quality & Compliance

5 Key Challenges in the Development of Gene Therapies

Over three decades of gene therapy (GT) clinical trials have yielded many innovative and promising treatments for pernicious genetic disorders but industry has shown slow development and dashed...

Pharmacovigilance

Meet the Expert: Susanna Heinonen

Our “Meet the Expert” series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This “behind the curtain” view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...

Regulatory Sciences

Highlights from FDA's Analytical Test Method Validation Guidance

Recently, the FDA updated a long-standing, decades old guidance on analytical test method validation based on revisions of the ICH Q2(R2) guidelines. Traditional test method validation requirements...

Regulatory Sciences

MLR Submission Content: Setting Yourself up for a Successful PRC Review

Having a highly efficient well-oiled Promotional Review Committee (PRC) machine is not just about having rock star reviewers and effective best practices in place. Although those are both critical...

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Digital Transformation

What is a LIMS, and How Do I Know if I Need One?

What is a LIMS? At first, a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) sounds like something that would be useful in any lab. Isn't the purpose of a lab to produce information, and shouldn’t...

Meet the Expert: David Lough

Pharmacovigilance

Meet the Expert: David Lough

Our “Meet the Expert” series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This “behind the curtain” view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...

Pharmacovigilance

An Overview of the PSMF: Pharmacovigilance System Master File

What is a PSMF? The EU Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF) is a legally required document created and maintained by a Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH). Essentially, the document is a...

Pharmacovigilance

The GPO: An Essential Guide to the Graduated Plan Officer (Der Stufenplanbeauftragte)

Introduction According to §63a of the German Medicinal Products Act (AMG), a pharmaceutical entrepreneur who places finished medicinal products on the market that are medicinal products within the...

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Medical Information

The Role of Patient Support Services in the Evolving World of Cell & Gene Therapies (CAGTs)

Cell and Gene Therapies (CAGTs) represent a transformative step in medicine, offering unprecedented potential to treat and potentially cure diseases once deemed untreatable. However, the path to...

Pharmacovigilance

The LPPV Network: An Essential Guide to Local Person Responsible for Pharmacovigilance

Every marketing authorization holder (MAH) needs a pharmacovigilance system to guarantee the safety of its products. Within the EU a pharmacovigilance system is defined as a system used by an...

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Digital Transformation

Honing Your Veeva Vault RIMS Environment for Peak Performance

Regulatory requirements are a formidable challenge for early stage biotechs and top pharma alike. As health authorities continually revise guidelines across diverse markets, companies are tasked with...

Meet the Expert: Thomas Chatzopoulos

Pharmacovigilance

Meet the Expert: Thomas Chatzopoulos

Our "Meet the Expert" series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This "behind the curtain" view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...

Pharmacovigilance

The QPPV: An Essential Guide to the Qualified Person Responsible for Pharmacovigilance

When submitting marketing authorisation applications (MAAs) in Europe, the applicant (Marketing Authorization Holder, MAH) shall already have set up a pharmacovigilance system. A Summary of the...

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Quality & Compliance

A Guide to Solving Complex Life Sciences Challenges

Life sciences organizations are consistently inundated with decisions and challenges of varying scale. These can occur anywhere during the life sciences value chain, under any treatment modality...

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Pharmacovigilance

Understanding the PSUR and PBRER

Periodic Safety Update Reports (PSURs) play a pivotal role in ensuring the ongoing safety and efficacy of medicinal products once they've entered the market. While initial clinical trials provide...

What to Expect During the NDA Review Process

Compiling and submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) submission is a complicated and intensive activity. Once you have submitted your application to FDA, you may be curious about what can you expect...

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Safety Data Exchange Agreements (SDEAs) and Pharmacovigilance Agreements (PVAs) – An Overview

A Safety Data Exchange Agreement (SDEA) or Pharmacovigilance Agreement (PVA) is a legal written contract which ensures that all safety data, PV tasks and responsibilities are detailed between two or...

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The End of the FDA's Rare Pediatric Disease Priority Review Voucher Program

What’s Next for Rare Disease Innovation? For children suffering from rare and often life-threatening diseases, access to new and effective treatments can mean the difference between life and death....

An Overview of the PSMF: Pharmacovigilance System Master File

What is a PSMF? The EU Pharmacovigilance System Master File (PSMF) is a legally required document created and maintained by a Marketing Authorisation Holder (MAH). Essentially, the document is a...

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The Importance of the eCTD Structure for FDA Approval

The Importance of the eCTD To harmonize the process of regulatory reviews for global drug development, a unified structure was developed and implemented for electronic Common Technical Document...

FDA Shelf Life Extension Program (SLEP)

The FDA’s homepage contains an item in the Public Health Focus section from the Office of Communications entitled “Don’t Use Expired Medicine.” Given this mandate, I recall from many years ago the...