Rare diseases, orphan drugs, and their regulation in Asia: Current status and future perspectives

Published by IACMHR Co., Ltd.

Orphan DrugRegulatory Science

This paper describes the current status of the regulation of rare diseases and orphan drugs in Asia and we comparatively analyze the regulation of rare diseases and orphan drugs worldwide in order to examine the challenges to and future perspectives on promoting research on rare diseases and development of orphan drugs in China and other Asian countries.

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INTERACT Meetings (Initial Targeted Engagement for Regulatory Advice on CBER products)

Published by IRDiRC

Drug Development AdviceEarly Access SupportRegulatory AdviceRegulatory AffairsScientific AdviceTargeted Engagement for Regulatory Advice

Through a CBER Initial Targeted Engagement for Regulatory Advice on CBER producTs (INTERACT) meeting, sponsors can obtain initial, nonbinding advice from FDA regarding chemistry, manufacturing and controls, pharmacology/Toxicology, and/or clinical aspects of the development program

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Interaction of the stakeholders and multilateral education at an early stage of development will facilitate drug development (e.g. ensuring outcome measures for clinical trials are developed that are meaningful for patients, are acceptable to the regulators, and are acceptable to payers)

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Study Group on Unapproved and Off-label Drugs of High Medical Need

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Early Access SupportMHLW or PMDA RegulatoryRegulatory AffairsScientific Advice

The objective of the Study Group is to evaluate medical need, investigate necessary studies for market approval, and request company to develop medicinal products to solve the problem of unapproved drug and off- label use with medical need. Public consultations are conducted to gather requests from public.

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