Rare Disease Research – Why we do what we do
Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis – can we do better? When I was a young pediatrician choosing my career path, I...
A Regulatory Perspective on Cell and Gene Therapy in Oncology
The past decade has produced many promising innovative cell and gene therapies (CGTs) to treat human diseases. CGT products, which...
Inspection-Readiness: What You Need to Know to Prepare for a GCP Inspection
The International Conference on Harmonization/Good Clinical Practice E6 (ICH GCP) lays out clear expectations for both the sponsor and investigators...
Optimizing Trial Efficiency with Bayesian Dose Escalation Designs
As acceptance of flexible trial designs continues to advance, many sponsors are increasingly exploring alternate methods of dose escalation to...
The Potential of Biosimilars – for Drug Makers and Patients
The production of biosimilar drugs remains at a rapid pace, and represents not only an advantage for patients, but a...
The Multifaceted Role of the Nonclinical Expert at the Center of Drug Development Teams
Product development teams getting started on preclinical exploration of a potential treatment need a certain set of specialists on board....
The Black Box of Anti-COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: An Overview, Definitions, and Terminology
We learned on 25 January 2022 that the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) halted use of most monoclonal antibodies for...
Expediting Treatments to Oncology Patients in Need: Understanding the FDA’s Accelerated Pathways
In recent years, we have observed a significant increase in use of expedited programs offered by the U.S. Federal Drug...
The Case for Early Regulatory Consideration for Clinical Development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CART)
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CART) has revolutionized the treatment of hematological malignancies, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell lymphomas,...
Great News from EMA in December: Three New Treatments for COVID-19
December 2021 brought great news for European COVID-19 patients, their health care providers, and the whole population suffering from medical...