Tag: European Medicines Agency (EMA)

EMA seeks stakeholder input on new reflection paper to reduce and replace non‑human primate use in medicines safety testing through 3Rs approaches.
On 13 November in Milan, EMA’s expert committee backs Italy’s first home‑grown gene therapy for people in Europe living with Wiskott–Aldrich Syndrome.
Gathering key stakeholders, including EU policymakers, industry leaders, patient advocacy groups, researchers, and healthcare providers. Its goal is to identify concrete actions and incentives to enhance innovation across the rare disease ecosystem.
EMA invites comments on new quality guideline for bacteriophage‑based medicines to support safe phage therapy development in Europe.
With over 300 million people affected by rare diseases, timely access to effective therapies is critical. Despite strong alignment in regulatory expectations, patients in many regions face years of delays highlighting the need for improved international coordination.
New EMA ICH M14 guidelines sets common international standards for non‑interventional real‑world data studies to strengthen medicine safety assessment.
Sharing patient‑centred methods, early diagnostics, and data‑driven trial innovation to accelerate rare disease research across Europe.
Less than a month to the World Orphan Drug Congress Europe.