Biotech Industry

The biotech company numbers by the country

First of all, this article is just a recap of the OECD statistics. If you are interested in the topic, I would recommend a nice article at Labbiotech. The OECD’s latest update on key biotech indicators highlights rising...
cGMP Industry Pharmaceutical

The importance of CMC in Drug Development

Drug development is a long, expensive, and risky process. The drug development process mainly includes: Target identification, Discovery, Preclinical pharmaceutical research (IND), Clinical trials (Phases I, II, and III) , NDA/BLA and comercial Launch. CMC (Chemistry Manufacturing & Control) is a very important part of drug approval....
Industry Pharmaceutical PopSci

Test BARD for the topic of Weight loss Drug

Recently, the weight loss drug is at the spotlight. I just want to test how Google Bard will tell me about this topic. So I got three questions and three answers. It only helps understand the...
Biotech Industry Pharmaceutical

What are the FDA approved drugs for Alzheimer disease

There are currently five FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: Donepezil (Aricept) is a cholinesterase inhibitor that helps to increase the levels of acetylcholine in the brain. Acetylcholine is a neurotransmitter that is involved in...
Industry Pharmaceutical Regulation

Whether human research can be conducted without IND

It is a a simple question, but people usually forget to ask when they enter the pharmaceutical industry.  Yes, human research can be conducted without an IND(investigational new drug) in certain cases. The FDA has a...
Chemical Industry Regulation

What permits are needed to start a Chemical research laboratory?

The permits you need to start a chemical research lab will vary depending on the size and type of lab, as well as the local regulations. However, some common permits that may be required include: Building...
Industry Pharmaceutical Regulation

The FDA approved drugs of 2022

As the holiday is approaching, the list of approved drugs for this year can be finalized. Of the 32 drugs for 2022, there are 13 large molecules. The biological drugs keep the growing trend. Among these...
Industry Pharmaceutical Regulation

A glance at the current status of regulatory guidance for Bioanalysis

As the December of 2022, half year after ICH published the finalized M10 guidance, only EMA announced the adoption of ICH from Jan. 21st, 2023. FDA published notice of the finalized ICH M10. But FDA did...
Industry Pharmaceutical Regulation

How ICH Guideline Topics Are Named And Categorized?

If you are new to the regulatory guidance, even some peers in the regulated field for a while, it is still quite unclear what are the M10, S6, R2 means in ICH guidelines. So this article...
GLP Industry

Brief Introduction to Ten GLP Principles and How are they Audited

GLP is a quality system concerned with the organizational process and conditions under which non-clinical health and environmental safety studies are planned, performed, monitored, recorded, archived and reported. While Good Laboratory Practices ( GLP ) in clinical studies...