Clinical Supply Regulatory Articles

31. What 2025 FDA Warning Letters Tell Us About GMP Compliance 12/15/2025

    This analysis identifies key compliance trends and regional disparities by examining the 2025 U.S. FDA warning letters issued to drug product manufacturers posted between Jan. 1 and Dec. 9, 2025.

32. New 'WEE' Urgency Raised As FDA Requires DSCSA EDDS Interoperability 6/28/2024

    A June meeting showed industry is struggling to meet the DSCSA's November deadline. Eligible companies might find relief in an FDA waivers and exemptions program.

33. Strategic Procurement For Emerging Pharmas & Biotechs 2/27/2023

    Emerging pharma and biotech companies depend significantly on suppliers, from initial discovery to clinical trials and regulatory approval. As a result, the sourcing and procurement function requires a strategic mindset aligned with business goals to drive an efficient purchasing process throughout the entire supply chain.

34. Phages As A Pharmaceutical: New EMA Guidance On Antimicrobial Drug Development 11/17/2025

    The EMA has now issued a draft guidance on quality aspects of phage therapy medicinal products. Rising antimicrobial resistance has renewed interest in bacteriophages to fight pathogens.

35. Considerations For Potency Assurance Of CGT Products 11/12/2024

    Confused about FDA's draft guidance on potency assays for cell and gene therapy products? Let's clarify a few things and discuss some key considerations.

36. New Group Wants 'Phase-Appropriate' Thinking To Retire 9/4/2025

    Decisions in cell and gene therapy are not about aligning with arbitrary clinical phases but about balancing risk.

37. Is The BIOSECURE Act The First Real Step Toward Reshoring? 11/22/2024

    The U.S. pharma industry has relied heavily on China and India to produce regulatory starting materials and APIs. The BIOSECURE Act has now emerged. Is this the first real step toward reshoring?

38. EMA Guideline On Clinical-Stage ATMPs Comes Into Effect: On The Verge Of Convergence? 6/19/2025

    The EMA’s Guideline on quality, non-clinical and clinical requirements for investigational advanced therapy medicinal products in clinical trials came into effect on July 1, 2025

39. Have We Got Novel Drug Production And Compliance Timelines All Wrong? 6/13/2024

    Drug developers might want to consider longer-term approaches to meeting manufacturing and regulatory requirements.

40. Supplying Complex, Controversial, And Intercontinental Clinical Trials 3/13/2024

    Planning a clinical supply strategy for a complicated substance, psilocybin, is tricky. It's even more tricky doing it from the other side of the planet. Here's one company's approach.