The EU’s Pharmaceutical Review Needs To Remain Grounded In Economic Reality
The Review proposes to reduce IP rights across the board, with incentives to prolong them. Can any of these incentives work? Maarten Meulenbelt, Chris Boyle, and Zina Chatzidimitriadou discuss how the real-world effects of the Review have not been assessed, and where there is room for improvement in its critical provisions.
FDA Offers New Clinical Trial Guidance for Oncology Accelerated Approval
FDA details its view of the “limitations” of single-arm trials in oncology drug development and invites comment on its favored approach going forward. Becky Wood, Emily Marden, and Julea Lipiz explain.
Missing Numbers: Seeking to Substantiate The Leaked EU Pharmaceutical Review
Pharma companies are currently assessing how the Pharma Review will affect their portfolios. Maarten Meulenbelt and Maria Koutsoupia discuss the need for analysis from the EU to support the Review’s claims, for example on the allegedly ‘invisible’ effect of losing €640 million in annual orphan drug revenues.
Six Surprises In The Leaked European Pharmaceutical Review
On 31 January 2023, the internally circulated version of the European Commission’s far-reaching overhaul of the EU’s pharma legislation was leaked, and published by Politico. Here, initial impressions of the biggest surprises in the document are given by Maarten Meulenbelt, Chris Boyle, and Zina Chatzidimitriadou.
Biden Administration Moves to Boost the Bioeconomy
A new Executive Order in the U.S. aims to ease the path to market for products that use synthetic biology or genome editing. Emily Marden explains the thinking behind the announcement and its efforts to streamline the current U.S. framework for biotech.
Remote Regulatory Assessment Oversight Tools Piloted During the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Here to Stay
Chris Fanelli explains what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s new draft guidance on remote regulatory assessments means for site inspections in the future, and how manufacturing facilities can prepare for requests for Remote Regulatory Assessments.
Podcast: How the EU’s New Revised Annex 1, Eudralex Volume 4 (GMP), Will Affect the Manufacturing of Sterile Medicinal Products in the EU and U.S.
Jay Jariwala in Washington, D.C. and Josefine Sommer in Brussels talk to Raj Pai about how they expect the EU’s new revised Annex 1, EudraLex Volume 4 (GMP), to affect the manufacturing of sterile medicinal products. They discuss how the update reflects changes in the manufacturing environment and how the new Annex 1 is likely to be considered within the U.S. regulatory framework. Prior to joining Sidley, Jay worked for the Office of Compliance at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, a branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and he brings this experience to bear in considering the impact of Annex 1.
Could the European Health Data Space Push the EU Above Other Key Markets Such As the U.S. and China?
Eva von Mühlenen and Alejandro Bes of Novartis consider how the proposed European Health Data Space may speed up research for medicinal products by increasing access to health data, with the help of data scientists within the EU. This development is likely to generate five sticking points that the life sciences industry will need to address, they add.
Why Companies Globally Should Start Preparing Now for the European Health Data Space
Zina Chatzidimitriadou and Francesca Blythe explain how a revolutionary EU regulation, expected to come into force in 2025, will allow life sciences companies to request health data for secondary re-use, but will also expose them to more data requests.
How to Create a More Enabling Environment for Digital Health in Europe
At our recent Digital Health App’ero, Zina Chatzidimitriadou led a discussion with key industry players Aleksandra Appelfeld of Philips and Megan Coder of the Digital Therapeutics Alliance on what changes the industry would like to see in order to make Europe more hospitable to digital health products. We set out the top five themes that emerged, and a space to watch for the next decade.