Lengthy safety registries, extensive premarket testing for replication competent retrovirus, and manufacturing submission advice likely; pending CBER documents informed by review and approval of Novartis' Kymriah, Kite's Yescarta, and Spark's Luxturna.
The US FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) plans to update a suite of guidance documents related to gene therapy manufacturing and safety in 2018.
The new draft guidance documents appear aimed at replacing existing guidelines issued from 2006 to 2008. The updates are expected...
In what could amount to a de facto enforcement mechanism, the new draft guidance also “strongly encourages” sponsors to share details about their diversity action plan and enrollment goals with the public.
Long-term follow-up requirements have taken a conservative approach but could be ripe for re-examination and global harmonization given the years of experience with the products, Kite Pharma executive director says; former FDA gene/cell therapy office head Wilson Bryan calls for elimination of the classwide REMS.
Program for collaborative reviews of gene therapy applications is getting under way with the European Medicines Agency. After launch, the pilot could be expanded to earlier discussions around CMC and pharm/tox data requirements, FDA’s Nicole Verdun said.
