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Thomas Lonngren talks on the future of the Pharmaceutical industry

NDA Sweden hosted a breakfast seminar the 15th May on the ‘Current and future changes to the European pharmaceutical industry´.More of this story >

Professor Beatriz Silva Lima talks on 'State of the Art Safety Testing of Cell Based Advanced Therapies Medicinal Products'

Professor Beatriz Silva Lima, PharmD, PhD, Non-Clinical Expert for NDA's Regulatory Advisory Board, spoke last week in Vienna, Austria at the European Interdisciplinary Summit on Cell Based ATMPs on the subject of 'State of the Art Safety Testing of Cell Based ATMPs.More of this story >

Avril Mankel leads EUCRAF event ‘Specific Considerations for the Development and Authorisation of Medicinal Products for Children.

Avril Mankel, one of NDAs Senior Regulatory Affairs Managers, was recently course leader and speaker at the EUCRAF Seminar 5 in Germany titled "Specific Considerations for the Development and Authorisation of Medicinal Products for Children".More of this story >

Dr. G Narayanan joins NDA Group to expand its biologics and biotechnology capabilities

Dr. G Narayanan (MD, MRCP (UK), FRCP, FFPM) has joined the NDA Group. Formerly an Expert Medical Assessor within the biologics and biotechnology unit for the MHRA in the UK, Narayanan brings over 15 years’ combined experience within the industry and agency, coupled with extensive clinical expertise and knowledge.More of this story >

Prepared to be (GDP) inspected?

The new Good Distribution Practice (GDP) guideline has arrived and NDA is helping you meet the challenges with several services to ensure you're on top of the changing requirements.More of this story >

“Assessing immunogenicity of biosimilar therapeutic monoclonal antibodies: regulatory and bioanalytical considerations”

The March 2013 volume of the journal “Bioanalysis” features a review article authored by Paul Chamberlain, NDA Regulatory Advisory Board, which considers the reasons why it is not possible to pre-define an acceptable margin of difference in anti-drug antibody incidence or magnitude for the classification of biosimilarity of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. The article discusses how a “totality of evidence” approach could be applied to define differences in immunogenicity that are clinically meaningful. Paul Chamberlain will also present on this topic at the forthcoming “BiosimilarMore of this story >

NDA welcomed CIOMS Working Group IX

During two days in March NDA hosted the CIOMS Working Group IX's meeting: Practical Considerations for Development and Application of a Toolkit for Medicinal Product Risk Management. CIOMS representatives from across Europe, Japan and Australia, amongst other countries, attended the meeting. In all there were 17 participants.More of this story >

Benefit-risk, PV outsourcing and clinical research

Dr Brian Edwards will be presenting and chairing at several events over the next few months on the latest developments relating to pharmacovigilance, outsourcing and clinical research.More of this story >

Medicines for older people and the need to get on track

In this article, published in the February issue of SCRIP Regulatory Affairs, Markku Tiovonen discusses the need to consider the elderly in global drug development.  The reasons for the mis-prescribing in this fast growing population are discussed, highlighting the importance of adequate representation in clinical trials, pre and post authorisations studies.   Shortcomings in current regulatory guidance, recruitment problems and lack of specific information for older people are cited among the myriad of factors that need to be redressed. Markku discusses the way forward and steps thatMore of this story >

Managers ignore PV at their peril

In this commentary, published in MedNous’ January issue, NDA’s CEO Johan Strömquist discusses implications of the new Pharmacovigilance legislation in Europe on the management of pharmaceutical companies.More of this story >

Rosalind Cox comments on new EU Medical Device Legislation

Rosalind Cox, Scientific Advisory at NDA Group, writes an article for the December issue of Regulatory Rapporteur on the new EU Medical Device Legislation. She reviews the key impacts of the proposed legislation, referencing that they are still up for review before gaining EU Parliament agreement.More of this story >

Pharmacovigilance seminar well-attended

On November 22th NDA Sweden hosted a breakfast seminar on the topic “new pharmacovigilance legislation in Europa”.More of this story >

Dr. Panos Tsintis shortlisted for TOPRA Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Panos Tsintis, a member of NDA’s Regulatory Advisory Board, was shortlisted for a Lifetime Achievement Award at the TOPRA Awards 2012. The award recognises an individual who through his or her life's endeavours has demonstrated a significant and lasting contribution to Regulatory Affairs – over and above what might have been expected from the professional role the individual was employed to do.More of this story >

Getting good medicines to patients and keeping them there

In this article, published in Regulatory Rapporteur, September 2012, Thomas Lonngren, strategic advisor to NDA Group reflects on the hurdles to overcome and roadblocks still to be negotiated in Drug development – particularly in measuring the “value” of new medicinal product.More of this story >

Changing the culture of drug safety

In this commentary, that is published in MedNous May 2012, NDA's Brian Edwards explains what companies need to know about new EU legislation.More of this story >

Aligning outcomes

In this commentary, that formed the basis for articles in MedNous as well as Scrip RA, NDA's Johan Strömquist discusses the situation facing industry, regulators and health technology assessors on their road to achieve the ultimate objective: Getting good medicines to patients.More of this story >

Reduction in data requirements to be submitted to XEVPRM by July

As the date for the introduction of the new pharmacovigilance package is drawing nearer, the EMA is releasing more information on the new regulation. However, in January 2012, responding to industry concerns a decision was taken to considerably reduce the information to be submitted to Eudravigilance by the time of introduction of the new regulations. In this article NDA’s Barbara Jones describes the changes.More of this story >

NDA launches new Advisory Board and joint HTA/RA service

Following the succesful delivery of top level regulatory advice since 2002, NDA is now complementing its Regulatory Advisory Board with the addition of the NDA HTA Advisory Board. The new addition allows NDA to provide a unique advisory service, combining Europe's top level regulatory and HTA expertise to deliver joint advice.More of this story >

The impact of the Paediatric Regulation on existing medicinal products

This article, written by NDAs Jill Challis, reviews the impact of the Regulation over the last five years on improving the likelihood for safer and more effective use of existing medicines in children.More of this story >

Making a success of new drug development

Wasting $60 billion on failed drug development programmes is unacceptable. But just how does the industry improve its strategy in getting new drugs to market quicker? NDA's Dr Lars-Helge Strömquist, comments on the state of the industry.More of this story >

Assessing whether your Rx product is ready for a switch to OTC in the EU

Pharmaceutical companies have many factors to consider in deciding whether a switch to over the counter is the right strategy for their products. NDA's Rosalind Cox recommends a structured approach.More of this story >