News

Search:
 Search

Latest News | 11 April 2013

Electronic Submission Program Expands into INDs for Biologics

0 Likes

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is soliciting certain members of the biopharmaceutical industry to participate in a new pilot program that will help it determine whether its eSubmitter Read More...


Latest News | 18 March 2013

Hamburg Touts Regulatory Flexibility of Agency, Notes Upcoming Breakthrough Guidance

0 Likes

In a speech before the biotechnology industry of Massachusetts, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg explained that her agency is doing all that it can to meet the Read More...


Latest News | 8 February 2013

FDA Draft Guidance Outlines Risk-Based Approach to Assessing Therapeutic Proteins

0 Likes

A new draft guidance document released by the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) drug and biologics research centers seeks to assist manufacturers and clinical investigators working on Read More...


Latest News | 30 January 2013

Industry Giants Spar Over Substitutability and Interchangeability of Biosimilar Products

0 Likes

A famous quote from Shakespeare famously states that, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." But if a recent spat covered in The New York Times on the interchangeability of biological Read More...


Latest News | 12 November 2012

Health Canada Updates CGMP Guidance for Biologics and Blood Products

0 Likes

Health Canada has updated its current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) guidelines for Schedule D (biological) drugs and human blood and blood components.The updated guidance covers 13 distinct Read More...


Latest News | 9 November 2012

MHRA Announces Merger of Biologicals Unit with Biological Standards Organization

0 Likes

The UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is about to become a little bit larger thanks to an agency merger that will see the creation of a new center aimed at better Read More...


Latest News | 5 November 2012

Indonesian Pharmaceutical Industry Cries Foul over Potential New Dietary Law

0 Likes

Vaccine manufacturers routinely have to deal with the difficulty of meeting science-based regulations. Such manufacturers operating in Indonesia may soon have another, and far more difficult, set of Read More...


Latest News | 15 October 2012

TGA Calls for Biologics Applications in Advance of Deadline

0 Likes

Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is reminding all biologics manufacturers that, per a new regulatory framework for biological medicines, that they must re-register their products Read More...


Regulatory Update | 15 October 2012

Japan's PMDA Reorganizes Biologics Offices

0 Likes

Japan’s Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Agency (PMDA) has reorganized its Offices of Biologics I and Biologics II, respectively, into new entities known as the Office of Cellular and Tissue-based Read More...


Latest News | 8 October 2012

Data Exclusivity for Biologics at Forefront of International Trade Agreement Negotiations

0 Likes

A host of biopharmaceutical regulatory issues are said to be at the forefront of trade talks between the US and a group of 11 countries in the Asia-Pacific, potentially complicating both the agreement Read More...


1 2 3
RF Today is Regulatory Focus' daily news brief. Each edition contains the top global regulatory news stories about pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology and more. Learn more


New Regulatory Focus Apps for iPad and iPhone