Engaging the right partners at the right time is essential to drug developers and the success of their compound. We sat down with Grace Furman, small-molecule toxicology consultant at Paracelsus, Inc., to get her perspective on some of the most pressing challenges and...
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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...
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New U.S. FDA DDI Draft Guidance for Therapeutic Proteins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...
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...