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Application of Clinical Pharmacology Principles in Drug Development of Modified-Release Products: Leveraging Exposure-Response Information to Support Approval

Date: 
11/3/20
Citation: 

AbuAsal BS, Hamed SS, Ahmed MA, Al-Mansour L, Uppoor R, Mehta M. Application of Clinical Pharmacology Principles in Drug Development of Modified-Release Products: Leveraging Exposure-Response Information to Support Approval. J Clin Pharmacol. 2020 Nov;60(11):1441-1452. doi: 10.1002/jcph.1637. Epub 2020 May 26. PMID: 32453882.

The development of modified-release (MR) drug products aims to address a clinical need such as improving patient compliance. There are multiple pathways and development strategies for the registration and approval of MR products. The development strategy of an MR product is usually dependent on the availability and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) characteristics of the reference drug product, that is, an immediate-release (IR) product or a reference MR. Compared with a reference IR product, an MR product is likely to have a different PK profile over the least common dosing time due to unequal dosing intervals. In case of differences in PK profiles between the MR product and the reference product, confirmatory efficacy and safety studies may be needed to support registration. 

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    Current Federal law requires that a drug be the subject of an approved marketing application before it is transported or distributed across state lines. Because a sponsor will probably want to ship the investigational drug to clinical investigators in many states, it must seek an exemption from that legal requirement. The IND is the means through which the sponsor technically obtains this exemption from the FDA.

      Regulatory challenges in developing long-acting antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of HIV infection

      Date: 
      7/1/15
      Citation: 

      Arya V, Au S, Belew Y, Miele P, Struble K. Regulatory challenges in developing long-acting antiretrovirals for treatment and prevention of HIV infection. Curr Opin HIV AIDS. 2015 Jul;10(4):278-81. doi: 10.1097/COH.0000000000000163. PMID: 26049954.

      Despite advances in drug development that have reduced ARV dosing to once daily, suboptimal drug adherence remains an obstacle to successful HIV treatment. Further, large randomized trials of once daily oral ARVs for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) have shown that drug adherence correlates strongly with prophylactic effect and study outcomes. Thus, the prospect of developing long-acting ARVs, which may mitigate drug adherence issues, has attracted considerable attention lately.

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      HIV