There are similarities and differences among the regulations addressing the approval process of biosimilar products within the United States, the European Union, South Korea and Japan. This paper will attempt to identify these similarities and differences and determine how best practices can be leveraged among the associated regulatory bodies. The regulatory responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dates back to 1906 with the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act. “The Pure
(for Marketing Authorisation holders and Sponsors of clinical trials) in European Union is the new European Union Pharmacovigilance legislation to submit the information on Individual Case Safety Reports (ICSRs) related to medicinal products authorised in the European Union (EU) and investigational medicinal products (IMPs) studied in clinical trials authorised in the EU
Distribution Practices Introduction The manufacture of medicinal products is subject to guidelines referred to as Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP). These help to ensure the quality, potency and identity of the product throughout all stages of manufacture to maximize the safety and therapeutic value to the patient. However to reach the consumer, the product must be distributed. Distribution includes the supply, export and holding of medicinal products in an ever more intricate web of relationships. Therefore
communicating with them before conducting clinical trial for the rare disease and follow ICH E5 guidance to provide references for regulatory and development strategies to authorize clinical data gathered in one region to be used for the evidence of product registrations in another region following the effect of ethnic factors (FDA, 1998).The regulatory attentions for planning a multinational pivotal phase III clinical trial for drug used for rare disease (Orphan drug by the FDA) which is touching less
or chronic diseases”, in his case the common cold (Freymann et al. 13). Second, in current society, the trend to be “organic” or “natural” is pushing consumers, like Greg, to approach the already established idea of herbalism or other alternative medicinal methods, therefore making the choice of the herbal remedy a possible candidate for him by societal pressures. Third, Greg is unaware of any of the health risks that could occur with either medicine options. Any of these points make the decision
companies to market their biologics and drugs, companies must receive approval from their respective regulatory authority. The three global leaders in the pharmaceutical industry US, EU, and Japan all have their own regulatory authorities. Each have their advantages and disadvantages and as a regulatory representative. Though there is a push to harmonize regulatory requirements at a global scale for the past 20 years development and approval of global guidelines has had drawbacks in approving drugs at a
context to granting approvals for marketing authorization, surveillance of the clinical trial study of the drug, post-marketing surveillance of the medical product, etc. The Pharmaceutical companies seek for FDA approval for a new drug to be marketed through a long process. This process starts with applying an application known as an investigational new drug application (IND) to start clinical trials to enroll a group of patients believed to benefit from the investigational product, and to approve
Why are there different applications for small and large molecules? A small molecule drug approval required a New Drug Application (NDA) because it covered under Federal Food Drug and cosmetic Act Section 505 while large molecule drug required a Biologics License Application (BLA) because it covered under Public Health Service Act Section 351. Compared with conventional small-molecule drugs, products derived from a biological source are structurally complex, large molecules and involved in different
et al, 2005). Primary endpoints are to assess the overall response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS). Secondary endpoint is to assess a clinical benefit rate, safety and tolerability in this population. v. Marketing applications requirements
you optimistic about its future? This Pharmaceutical industry encompasses corporations that manufacture biological, medicinal and pharmaceutical products in several methods including tablets, vials, lotions, concentrates and suspensions. The general pharmaceutical market can be divided into prescription-based products and over-the-counter medications. The pharmaceutical products are primarily dispersed via wholesalers, and are then sold through pharmacies or dispensed in hospitals. The pharmaceutical