6th GBHI meeting in Rockville was exciting and interesting until the last session
EMA published the new draft of the Orally Inhaled Drug Products guideline exactly 5 days prior to the meeting
Therefore, discussions were extremely interesting and challenging. Several aspects provoked a lot of discussions, as the stepwise approach of EMA is very much different to the “Weight of Evidence Approach” of FDA. In general, there were conflicting positions in terms of the option to approve OIPs based of in-vitro data only and whether AUC0-30 is acceptable as only primary endpoint in PK trials. However, it seems that at least FDA as well as EMA favour the overall concept of charcoal block studies for those APIs which exhibit relevant GI absorption. Furthermore, there was general consensus, that clinical endpoint studies and PD endpoint studies suffer from a lack of discriminating potential – in line with the EMA guideline draft. So – obviously a lot of potential for harmonisation of OIP requirements - maybe much more than origially expected.
It was an honour for me to close the conference with greetings from EUFEPS board represented by the president Maria Blanco-Prieto and the BABP network lead Erem Bilensoy and with the statement that EUFEPS would be pleased to host the 7th GBHI conference next time in Amsterdam.
#OIP, #FDA, #EMA, #GBHI
Chief Veterinary Officer by Argenta, founder of KLIFOVET, part of the ArgentaGroup
1yIndeed a big step forward. Just the opposite what we currently see in animal health.