As of 18 June 2024, the Revised CTIS Transparency Rules as adopted by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) apply, and will impact patients, health care professionals and sponsors. Also as of 18 June, a revised version of the...more
On 21 May 2024, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) published a revised version of the Questions & Answers for applicants, Marketing Authorisation Holders of medicinal products and notified bodies with respect to the...more
On 31 January 2025 the Clinical Trials Regulation will become fully applicable to all ongoing clinical trials with medicinal products in the EU. All clinical trials that have been authorized under the Clinical Trials...more
Clinical trials in the European Union (EU) that were approved under the former EU Clinical Trials Directive (CTD) will soon need to transition to the current EU Clinical Trials Regulation (CTR). Sponsors and other impacted...more
As the life sciences, medtech, and diagnostic industries continue to expand and grow increasingly complex, so does the legal, regulatory, and compliance landscape. To help companies and investors navigate the many evolving...more
On 5 October 2023, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted revised transparency rules for the publication of information on clinical trials submitted through the Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS). The CTIS plays a...more
Approval of Fresenius Kabi’s Tocilizumab Biosimilar in the EU: On September 19, 2023, Fresenius Kabi announced that the European Commission (EC) granted marketing authorization for TYENNE (tocilizumab), a biosimilar...more
Version 1.1 of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) “Guidance on how to approach the safeguarding of personal protected data (“PPD”) and commercially confidential information (“CCI”) while using the Clinical Trials...more
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) published Version 1.1 of its “Guidance on how to approach the safeguarding of personal protected data (“PPD”) and commercially confidential information (“CCI”) while using the Clinical...more
We recently published an alert in relation to the European Commission’s legislative proposals to replace the current EU regulatory framework for all medicines (including those for rare diseases and for children). One of the...more
The life science industry is a significant contributor to the global market, with companies developing and manufacturing a wide range of medical products and devices. However, due to the complex and highly regulated processes...more
The European Union (EU) has just published its proposals to revise its general pharmaceutical legislation. One of the objectives of the revision is to reduce the regulatory burden on the pharmaceutical industry when seeking...more
The European Commission has published its long awaited and leaked proposals for a once-in-a-generation revision of the EU general pharmaceutical legislation (GPL)....more
Yesterday, the European Commission published two legislative proposals concerning the regulation of medicinal products in the European Union. The proposals seek to consolidate existing legislation into two instruments, a...more
Following the entry into application of the Clinical Trials Regulation (EU) 536/2014 (CTR) for all initial clinical trial applications on 31 January 2023, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published a Q&A document...more
STADA and Xbrane Announce Approval of Ranibizumab Biosimilar in UK - On January 16, 2023, STADA Arzneimittel AG (STADA) and Xbrane Biopharyma AB (Xbrane) announced that the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory...more
From 2004 to 2014, clinical trials in the EU and countries in the European Economic Area (collectively known as EU/EEA Countries) were subject to the EU Clinical Trial Directive 2001/20/EC (CTD) which set rules for conducting...more
Last week the Regulation on Clinical Trials (“CTR”) finally became effective in the European Union (“EU”) and replaced the prior Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20 (“CTD”). The CTR was adopted in 2014 and was meant to enter...more
The EU Commission opened this afternoon the public consultation on the EU general pharmaceuticals legislation on medicines for human use. This initiative is part of the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe and calls on...more
The European Commission has announced that the Clinical Trials Regulation, already enacted in 2014, will take effect on 31 January 2022....more
As next generation Covid-19 vaccine developers consider whether ethical and practical clinical efficacy trials can be conducted, they might consider whether vaccine efficacy can instead be inferred. We consider the...more
In Washington: The House voted 232-197 to impeach President Trump for a second time on a charge of inciting insurrection over the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol that left five people, including a Capitol Police officer,...more
On 30 October 2020, the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) published a list containing all COVID-19 treatments and vaccines that have so far been the subject of scientific advice or informal guidance from EMA’s pandemic Task...more
The European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) and the EU network of Health Technology Assessment (“HTA”) bodies are jointly reviewing a proposed framework for patient preference studies. The intention of the proposed framework is to...more