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Patient Support Programs in India: Overcoming Barriers with Healthcare Access
Current Landscape of Medication and Healthcare Access in India
India's healthcare system is a complex landscape with significant disparities in access to medical services and medications. Despite progress over the years, challenges such as high out-of-pocket costs, geographical disparities, and...
The Moving Regulatory Landscape for Gene Therapy Trials in EU: Part 1
The Benefit of the Common Application Form for GMO Applications GMO Application Not Included in Clinical Trial Regulation With the transition period for the Clinical Trial Regulation No 536/2014...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...
Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals
Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...
Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector offer a range of services to help patients start and adhere to their therapies, including Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), patient...
What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...
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...
Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products
This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...