The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has updated its guideline on the naming of medicinal products. MHRA’s most substantive change is the addition of a new section that provides general recommendations for brand naming and prescribing. (more…)
Prospective abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) applicants will be able to submit Pre-Assigned ANDA number requests via the CDER NextGen Portal.
For Applicants with account holder account will be automatically updated with this Pre-Assigned ANDA number request functionality. To create a new account, go to the CDER NextGen Portal, under the “Sign In” section on the right of the screen, click “Sign Up” (next to “Don’t have an account?”) and follow the instructions. (more…)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized guidance on conducting maximal usage trials (MUsT) to support the inclusion of an active ingredient in an OTC monograph. (more…)
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed the capability of two additional European Union (EU) Member States to carry out good manufacturing practice (GMP) inspections at a level equivalent to the United States (US). Bulgaria and Cyprus were included into the mutual recognition agreement between the EU and the US on 29 April 2019.
Quality Use of Medicines relies on clear medicine labels. To reduce medication errors, medicine labels need to be more consistent, with important information made more prominent and easier to read.
Therapeutic Goods Administration has introduced improvements to help bring Australian medicine labels up to date and align them with international best practice and are designed to be more consistent and more clearly convey important information. TGA thinks these changes may reduce medication errors.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising that rare but serious injuries have happened with certain common prescription insomnia medicines because of sleep behaviors, including sleepwalking, sleep driving, and engaging in other activities while not fully awake. These complex sleep behaviors have also resulted in deaths.
These behaviors appear to be more common with eszopiclone (Lunesta), zaleplon (Sonata), and zolpidem (Ambien, Ambien CR, Edluar, Intermezzo, Zolpimist) than other prescription medicines used for sleep.
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After three years in the works, the US Food and Drug Administration launched redesigned and more customer-centric website at FDA.gov. “April 29 is the official launch date”.
The new Food and Drug Administration website, which the agency said receives nearly five million visitors each month, will provide the public with health and safety information that is easier to locate and navigate. The spokeperson noted that between approximately 30,000 pages to 40,000 files make up the redesigned FDA.gov site.
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A draft version of ICH Q12 (Technical and Regulatory Considerations for Pharmaceutical Product Lifecycle Management) was issued in November 2017, and the goal is to have a final version by November of this year.
A harmonised approach regarding technical and regulatory considerations for lifecycle management will benefit patients, industry, and regulatory authorities by promoting innovation and continual improvement in the biopharmaceutical sector, strengthening quality assurance and improving supply of medicinal products.
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MHRA sets new process for Pharma Submissions if UK leaves the EU in a no deal scenario. Pharmaceutical companies and clinical trial sponsors were directed to follow new guidelines for regulatory submissions that would have to be directly submitted to the UK’s Medicines and Health products Agency (MHRA) if Britain leaves the EU in a no deal scenario.
The MHRA is making preparations to ensure that in the event they leave the EU with no deal, you can continue to submit regulatory and notification information to the UK
Before getting started – guidance
Three short video demos are provided below which cover all aspects of the user access management process – these steps will enable your organization to gain access and manage user permissions for using MHRA Submissions.
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On 31 January 2019 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) published draft key principles for the development and use of electronic product information (ePI) for medicines for human use in the EU. Stakeholders and members of the public can submit comments using an online form until 31 July 2019.
The European Commission, HMA and EMA are working together to facilitate the development of electronic tools to improve access of patients and healthcare professionals to product information in the EU. Electronic formats bring new opportunities for summary of product characteristics and package leaflets.
For more detailed information on draft key principles for ePI refer below link.