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Iain Todd1, Ruediger Faust2, Esteban Herrero-Martinez3
1GSK, Brentford, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
The medicines regulatory network of the European Economic Area comprises 30 countries, their National Competent Authorities (NCA), and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The NCAs and EMA are involved at different stages of the medicine life cycle; not all are engaged in a particular medicine's development discussions. As a result, knowledge management (ie, acquisition and transfer between medicine developer and the NCAs) is fragmented and inefficient. Dynamic regulatory assessment (DRA), a regulatory science concept developed by the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), could drive increased connectedness supporting more continuous knowledge building. DRA works via iterative release and assessment of discrete data packets (DDPs) at mutually agreed milestones during development, culminating in more efficient development and faster authorization. This commentary seeks to build on an earlier article by unpacking the DRA concept, with a particular focus on DDPs. Its aim is to show how DDPs can support efficient and predictable release of data to encourage development and assessment of promising medicines, and it makes the case for piloting the DRA concept with European regulators now.
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