Year in review: EPR’s top stories of 2023
EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
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EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
Approval of fezolinetant gives patients in Europe a new nonhormonal treatment option to control hot flashes or night sweats associated with menopause.
The UK MHRA has authorised Eli Lilly's Mounjaro (tirzepatide) for weight loss and weight management in adults.
UK patients with severe alopecia areata could access Pfizer's enzyme inhibitor, Litfulo (ritlecitinib), to help treat their condition.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) states its new scheme enables a more streamlined approach to processing Clinical Trial Authorisations (CTAs) for initial applications in late-stage clinical trials.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has released guidance to support implementation of new requirements for medicine packaging in 2025 under the Windsor Framework.
The first subcutaneous anti-PD-(L)1 cancer immunotherapy available to patients in Great Britain on the NHS reduces treatment time to under ten minutes.
As the next stage of their co-development of vepdegestrant, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted Pfizer and Arvinas its Innovation Passport to advance development of the oestrogen receptor (ER) degrader for ER+HER2- breast cancer.
Raquera Brown, Executive Director of Quality at Zymeworks offers quality and compliance professionals advice on how to navigate the often-complex regulatory space during development of innovative drugs like antibody therapeutics.
Mirikizumab, the first therapeutic antibody tested for blocking interleukin-23 in ulcerative colitis has demonstrated strong efficacy in two Phase III trials.
EPR explores recent developments in stem cell therapies across several hard-to-treat diseases and how technology is transforming ATMP manufacture.
Four UK life sciences companies are set to benefit from a £277m investment in the first tranche of Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF) grants.
BRUKINSA® (zanubrutinib) has been authorised by the MHRA for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and marginal zone lymphoma in Great Britain.
Comirnaty® has been authorised by the MHRA as a vaccine to protect against Covid-19 for individuals from six months to four years old.
Upstaza™, approved for UK patients 18 months and over, is the first gene replacement therapy infused directly into the brain for the treatment of AADC deficiency.