Encountering challenges while developing a new drug is expected, but drug developers who understand the pitfalls are often better prepared to navigate them and emerge successfully. Nonclinical safety assessment is a highly complex and molecule-specific process, but...
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Addressing Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites (MIST) in Drug Development
Metabolites in safety testing (MIST) has become an integrated part of drug metabolism research in drug development, and is a widely discussed topic within the drug development industry. Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on safety...
Guidance Updated by U.S. FDA for Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites
Recent guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites helps drug developers know when and how to identify and characterize drug metabolites. Identifying and characterizing a drug's metabolic profile is a necessary step...
Regulatory Pathways: IND Requirement Variations Between U.S. FDA, OECD and NMPA
The development path for bringing new drugs and therapeutics to market requires extensive planning to meet the short- and long-term needs of products intended for global registration. Because international regulatory agencies may have different requirements for...
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Dual Filing your IND Package: Planning Pays Off
Navigating the Investigational New Drug (IND) submission process for your drug development program can be a complex process, especially when filing with various regulatory agencies and pursuing multiple markets. However, dual, or globally filing an IND package can...
New U.S. FDA DDI Draft Guidance for Therapeutic Proteins
Preclinical drug-drug interactions (DDI) studies provide preliminary analysis and predict risk potentials for the investigated compounds when co-administrated with other drugs during future in-human trials. Knowledge pertaining to DDI studies is still rapidly...
Webinar: Practical Implications of Recent Changes to Immunogenicity Risk Assessment
Immunogenicity assessment helps drug developers understand the possible immune responses that can occur when humans are exposed to a potential therapeutic protein. Recently, the FDA has updated its guidance for immunogenicity risk assessment for developing and...
Immunogenicity Assessment for Biologics Development: How to Reduce the Risk of a Clinical Hold
In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revised its guidance for immunogenicity risk assessment (IRA) of biological therapies. IRA is required to help drug developers and regulatory agencies better understand the potential impact an immune response will...
What You Need To Know Planning for an IND Submission
For drug developers ready to progress a molecule to the pivotal clinical trial stage, filing an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a significant milestone. Drug developers approach this task with a wide range...
U.S. FDA Updates to Guidance on Managing Drug-Drug Interactions
The recently updated guidelines on assessing drug-drug interactions will likely improve experimental outcomes, reduce costs and streamline development timelines. The U.S. FDA updated its guidelines for in vitro drug interaction assessment to help drug developers...