Success in developing a drug product, medical device, or drug substance requires navigating the tradeoffs and decisions of today's complex global regulatory realm. Some of the most common questions about compliance concern dealing with the FDA 483 list of inspection observations, warning letters, and consent decrees following FDA regulatory action. [Online name] posed some important questions about warning letter responses and remediation — and other important regulatory issues — to Richard Aleman, VP of regulatory compliance at Pharmatech Associates. Aleman has an insider’s view on these issues, having spent 28 years at the FDA in both the field and headquarters organizations, specializing in biopharmaceuticals, drugs, and medical devices.
I recently attended the Association for Accessible Medicines (AAM) Biosimilars Council’s Leading on Biosimilars conference.In addition to the many tidbits of knowledge I took away from this event, two terms kept resurfacing throughout the conference I feel are worth delving into more deeply.
Newly-appointed Pfenex CEO, Eef Schimmelpennink, faces the challenge of determining how to adapt Pfenex to a constantly changing future. Though it's still very early in his tenure, Schimmelpennink highlights some areas he will keep in mind as he steers Pfenex's future biosimilars onto the market.
In a presentation at the 2017 World Biosimilars Congress, Asif Mahmood, disease area safety and strategy lead at Pfizer, shed some light on global risk management strategies and the challenges of launching these programs.
In a recent article, I discussed the market opportunities and reimbursement system in Russia. But in addition to this snapshot of the market, my conversation with BIOCAD's Roman Ivanov highlighted how the Russian biosimilar regulatory system was established, as well as the challenges BIOCAD has faced during it evolution.
After my discussion with BIOCAD's Roman Ivanov, it’s clear the Russian biosimilar market is a prime example of the positive impact biosimilars can have on a nation. However, Russia's biosimilar market has evolved quite differently than those of the EU and U.S.
Success in developing a drug product, medical device, or drug substance requires navigating the tradeoffs and decisions of today's complex global regulatory realm. Some of the most common questions about compliance concern dealing with the FDA 483 list of inspection observations, warning letters, and consent decrees following FDA regulatory action. [Online name] posed some important questions about warning letter responses and remediation — and other important regulatory issues — to Richard Aleman, VP of regulatory compliance at Pharmatech Associates. Aleman has an insider’s view on these issues, having spent 28 years at the FDA in both the field and headquarters organizations, specializing in biopharmaceuticals, drugs, and medical devices.
While other industries have learned from the principles of quality and statistical control methodology, (bio)pharma has been slow on the uptake. This article proposes tactic designs that utilize collaboration tools to facilitate Kaizen/continuous improvement in quality management systems (QMSs).
Integrated delivery networks (IDNs) were among the earliest adopters of Medicare accountable care organization (ACO) programs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) releases results specific to these programs on an annual basis, creating opportunities for new drug development.
The European Union’s (EU) Falsified Medicines (FMD) Directive 2011/62/EU amends Directive 2001/83/EC to safeguard public health by protecting the pharmaceutical supply chain from infiltration by falsified (or counterfeit) medicines. It also introduces new rules to more rigorously regulate the supply chain.
It has never been clear whether visual inspection is reliable since it has never actually been validated. If it can be validated, then the use of this technique for release of equipment would be justified and might even be used in place of traditional swab methods, which take substantial amounts of time and resources to develop, validate, and perform.
The cycle development approach described in this document is fairly universal and should not be dependant on individual isolator systems. The terminology used may be slightly different depending on the technology.
In the last decade, single-use solutions for virtually every bioprocess unit have been developed and considerable investments have been made by the industry into areas that underpin this technology.
The LAL or Limulus test is used for the determination of bacterial endotoxins in a wide variety of samples. In this article, the biological process and the way it was used to develop the test is described.
The advantages of single-use are amplified as patent expiration and increasingly globalized manufacturing continues to change the dynamics of biomanufacturing.
How to incorporate a new process into an existing facility is a basic question that begins every project. The client usually has a preconceived idea of where a new process will go and how much space is available, but if we stop here and do what we are told, preconceived notions may drive us to a point where we find that project needs haven’t been met.
Artwork must be right the first time and every time. Even a simple mistake has the potential to be catastrophic, resulting in product recalls, fines, write-offs and potential lawsuits.
Consultants play a critical role in ensuring the long-term success of small biopharmaceutical companies, though much of their work happens behind the scenes. From lifecycle planning to marketing advice, consultants help fill gaps in knowledge while having their fingers on the pulse of new production strategies that might be a fit for clients.
