Recognized as a global center for education, arts and culture, administration, and industry, Dublin Ireland was a beautiful and fitting backdrop for the MedTech Forum 2023, where Europe’s medical technology community congregated to collaborate on the future of the industry in a city well-known for its long history of shaping the future. MedTech Forum 2023 […]
The European Biomanufacturing Summit was held on May 31 and June 1, 2023, and was attended by industry leaders from multinational biotech and biologics companies, largely from Europe. The agenda on the first day of the conference included topics related to modernization and digitization of the pharmaceutical industry. The presenters talked about challenges in transforming […]
Many of our clients and readers have NDAs, ANDAs, and supplements that are still pending approval due to a “complex regulatory issue” where the FDA has missed its goal date; in some cases, this missed date was many months ago. There can be several reasons for this type of delay but, as we have blogged […]
Prescription Medication Information (PMI) will, if FDA has its way, replacing medication guides and other information provided to patients. The goal of the new PMI is to “highlight essential information that the patient needs to know about the prescription drug product and basic directions on how to use the product. The pre-publication of the proposed […]
We are pleased to announce that Lachman Consultants (Ireland) will participate in this year’s MedTech Forum as a Gold sponsor. Held from May 30 – June 1, 2023, in Dublin, Ireland, the three-day event is the largest health and medical technology industry conference in Europe. The Lachman Consultants team will be represented by: Frances Zipp, […]
OGD published its official statistical report for April 2023 today (here) and we hit the nail on the head with our prediction of the number of full approval actions at 64 but we missed by one on the tentative approvals actions where we reported 11 (see previous post here), but there were actually 10 in […]
The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) recently held its 2023 Annual Conference on May 17-18 in Washington, D.C. where professionals from the food, drug, medical device, biologics, and tobacco industries gathered to hear important updates and panel discussions from a distinguished group of industry and FDA speakers. The Conference commenced with keynote addresses by […]
In the generic drug business, most times it is best to be first! This means trying to be first in development, submission, and (of course) approval. But, in order to have a chance of being first, you must know what to do, and that is especially true of knowing what the bioequivalence (BE) requirements are. […]
One of the breakout sessions offered at the recent FDLI conference was titled, Updates on Patent and Exclusivity Issues for Drugs, Orphan Drugs and Biologics. The panel for this session included representatives from FDA, industry, and attorneys that specialize in this practice area. While the session covered both patent and exclusivity issues, I will be […]
Join Lachman Consultants (Ireland) in Leipzig, Germany for the 2023 Parenteral Drug Association (PDA) Good Aseptic Manufacturing Conference on May 23 – 24, to discuss the implications of the new GMP Annex 1 and share insights to help you prepare. As a Gold Sponsor at this year’s event, Lachman will be represented by: John Darby, […]
