All EMA articles – Page 2

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    Journal

    Navigating the regulatory landscape for regenerative medicines in Japan

    2022-03-21T09:12:00Z

    This is the final article in a series of three that critically analyse the differences and similarities between the regulation of advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs), also known as regenerative medicines…[1],[2] 

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    Meeting Report

    The EMA’s Veterinary Big Data Stakeholder Forum (Part 1)

    2021-12-23T13:22:00Z

    The Veterinary Big Data Stakeholder Forum, the first event of its kind and jointly organised by the European Medicines Agency and Heads of Medicines Agencies, took place on 1 and 2 June 2021 as a virtual event with over 500 participants globally connected.

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    Meeting Report

    MD5: Innovation in Drug-Device Combinations

    2021-11-23T14:30:00Z

    The session was opened by Bjorg Hunter posing a question about how innovative companies can manage often complex and different global regulations when they are developing connected, environmentally friendly products for the benefit of the patients…

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    Meeting Report

    HM4: Real world evidence in regulatory decision-making

    2021-11-23T13:15:00Z

    During the first part of the session, Fred Senatore discussed applications and the challenges of real word data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE). He opened his talk with a definition of the two, with RWD being defined as the data collected from a variety of sources, and RWE as the analysis of the source.

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    CPD Supplement

    Digital health technologies – an overview of EU and US frameworks

    2021-10-01T10:00:00Z

    Digital health technologies have revolutionised the global healthcare system. This continuing professional development supplement provides an overview of the qualification frameworks for digital health technologies, which are used as drug development tools in the EU and the US.

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    CPD Supplement

    Understanding the basics of ATMP regulation

    2021-02-01T15:29:00Z

    Advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs) are biological products which comprise a diverse group of medicinal products that are often complex and diverse in nature. As these products are regularly developed for diseases of high unmet need, the requirements for evidence generation to support marketing authorisation often require innovative development plans. Within this continuing professional development supplement we investigate the regulation of ATMPs in the EU and US [see also Regulatory Rapporteur October 2020 and February 2020 for articles by Harriet Edwards on ATMPs].

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    Journal

    Gene therapy: regional assessment comparison

    2020-11-01T15:52:00Z

    Axicabtagene ciloleucel (tradename YESCARTA) is an autologous chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy that targets CD19 and is approved for the treatment of aggressive, relapsed or refractory forms of B-cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL). The active substance is composed of a patient’s cells that have undergone ex vivo modification, which causes ...

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    Global regulatory frameworks for the development of gene therapy products

    2020-11-01T15:44:00Z

    Gene therapies have the potential to revolutionise the global healthcare system. Some of these products may offer curative benefits to patients with devastating conditions. This continuing professional development (CPD) supplement provides an overview of the regulatory framework for the development of gene therapy products in key markets.

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    CPD Supplement

    Expedited drug development regulatory pathways in the EU and the US

    2020-10-01T09:54:00Z

    This continuing professional development (CPD) supplement focuses on the regulatory framework available to drug developers for expediting their products’ development and review processes in the EU and US. These mechanisms are relevant for products which address an unmet medical need in the treatment of a serious and/or life-threatening condition.

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    Key steps and considerations of the EU centralised procedure

    2019-07-01T14:19:00Z

    This continuing professional development article aims to provide some of the background and key steps and considerations when using and navigating the EU centralised procedure for a new marketing authorisation application (MAA).