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Pharma Times - Vol. 43 - No. 09 - September 2011 15
IntroductionThe value of the global pharmaceutical
market is expected to grow 5-7 percent in 2011, to USD 880 billion according to IMS Health. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the highly regulated industries, to protect the health and well being of the masses. The structures of drug regulation that exist today i.e. drug laws, drug regulatory agencies, drug evaluation boards, quality control laboratories, drug information centers, etc., have evolved over time in response both to the increasingly sophisticated pharmaceutical sector, and to the apparent needs of society. In some countries, the passing of comprehensive drug laws was a result of crisis-led change, when public demand led to the adoption of more restrictive legislations to provide stronger safeguards for the public.
While drug laws provide the basis for drug regulation, regulatory tools such as standards and guidelines equip drug regulatory authorities with the practical means of implementing those laws. Though the world pharmaceutical regulations are in continuous process of harmonization, they can be divided into four major categories based on the region, development strategy, regulations and marketing interest. North America (US, Canada)
Europe (Europe Union, Eastern Europe)
Rest of the World (Asia Pacific minus Japan, ANZ, GCC, LATAM, CEE, CIS)
Japan
(LATAM: Latin America; CEE – Central East Europe; CIS – Commonwealth Independent States; ANZ – Australia, New Zealand; ROW – Rest of World)
Based on the economy and regulatory control of the countries, these are grouped into Regulated markets (US, EU, Japan, ANZ) or Emerging Markets (ROW excluding ANZ). They not only differ by their region, but also in various other aspects like: how they regulate the pharmaceuticals, the
Article
Regulatory Perspective for Entering Global Pharma MarketsT. Ramesh, D. Saravanan and Dr. Praveen Khullar* * Senior Director, Development Centre, Sanofi-Synthelabo (India) Limited, Goa
*Email id: [email protected]
different guidelines for registering the drugs, requirements to maintain the registrations, registration fee, patent regulations and so on. In this article, we will briefly touch upon the different regulatory perspectives of these regions mainly emphasizing on US and EU and its effect on the pharmaceutical manufacturers.
North AmericaBoth USA and Canada are the major
markets in the pharma industry. The US enjoys the largest player tag in terms of value in the pharma sector. It is valued approximately at USD 300 bn in 2009. The US has evolved from no regulation in the 18th century to one of the highly admired, favorite regulatory authority in the world. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, regulates the drug approval system in United States with the help of six product centers including Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologicals Evaluation and Research (CBER).
The drug registration procedure in US is majorly categorized into three parts, New Drug Applications (NDA), Abbreviated
New Drug Applications (ANDA) and the mix of both which is widely called as 505 (b)(2) Applications. Fig. 1 illustrates the different kinds of routes available to get the registration of pharmaceuticals in US under the Section 505 of the ‘Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act’.
Till 1980s, mostly innovators dominated the US pharma market. The introduction of “Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984” i.e. Hatch-Waxman Act can be termed as birth of generic industry in US which helped generic companies to flourish in US.
505(b)(1) or New Drug Application (NDA):
This route is mainly used to get the approval for New Chemical Entities (NCE) which contains full reports of investigations of safety and effectiveness (Pre-clinical, Phase I to Phase IV study reports). NDA is preceded by the Investigational New Drug Application (IND).
505(b)(2) Application:This application is same as ful l
NDA, except that this NDA is based on “investigations … relied on by the applicant
Fig. 1 – Different Applications in USA
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Agencies responsible
Procedure Type Products Applicable
EMA / CHMP Centralized Procedure Mandatory scope (Article 3(1)) (EC) No 726/2004Developed by biotechnological processesNew active substance for AIDS, Cancer, Diabetes, Neurodegenerative disorder, Auto-immune disease, Viral diseaseOrphan drugs Optional Scope (Article 3(2) & 3(3)) (EC) No 726/2004New chemical, biological or radiopharmaceu-tical active substanceAn isomer, mixture of isomers, a complex or derivative or salt Significant therapeutic, scientific or technical innovationGeneric/Hybrid of applications (Article 3(2))Certain medicinal products for pediatric
RMS / CMD(h) /CHMP
Decentralized procedure ( D C P ) a n d M u t u a l Recognition Procedure (MRP)
For drugs which does not fall in the mandatory scope of Centralized procedure
Member States (MS)
National Marketing Authorization
For drugs which does not fall in the mandatory scope of Centralized procedure
EMA - European Medicines Agency; CHMP- Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use RMS - Reference Member States; CMD(h) – Co-ordination Group for Mutual Recognition and Decentralized Procedure (Human)
Table (2): Type of procedures in Europe
for approval of the application …and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference or use. The applicant majorly relies on published literature, FDA’s Federal Register. This route is often used for changes to an approved drug (Change in dosage form, strength, indication etc.)
505(j) or ANDA or Generic Drug Application:
This section is used for obtaining marketing authorization of exact or close copies of already approved drugs. The application is submitted under any of the below subsections of 505(j) of Federal Act given in table (1).
Table (1): Different types of ANDA applications in US
Subsection of 505(j)
Products type
Paragraph I For the products for which no patent information is available in the orange book
Paragraph II Used for the products for which all the applicable patents are expired
Paragraph III Used for the products for which the some or all the applicable patents are valid and the applicant confirms that the product will not be placed in the market till such patents are expired
Paragraph IV Used for the products for which some or all the applicable patents are valid and applicant try to file the product which does not infringe those patents or applicant invalidates the granted patents. On successful outcome, the generic applicant enjoys the six month exclusivity in the market
In Canada, the manufacturer may seek authorization to sell the product in Canada by filing a New Drug Submission with Health Products and Food Branch (HPFB). A New Drug Submission (NDS), typically contains scientific information about the product’s safety, efficacy and quality. It includes the results of both the pre-clinical and clinical studies. An Abbreviated NDS (ANDS) is used for a generic product. The generic product must be shown to be as safe and efficacious as the reference product usually established with bioequivalence studies.
A Supplemental NDS (SNDS) must be filed by the manufacturer if certain changes are made to already-authorized products. Such changes might include the dosage form or strength of the drug product, the
formulation, method of manufacture, labeling or recommended route of administration. An SNDS must also be submitted to HPFB if the manufacturer wants to expand the indications (claims or conditions of use) for the drug product.
EuropeDifferent procedures in Europe:
A medicinal product may only be placed on the market in the European Economic Area (EEA) when a marketing authorisation has been issued. The marketing authorisation holder must be established within the EEA. European
Fig. 2 - Different Applications in Europe
Medicines Agency regulates the medicinal products marketing authorization through various committees. The particulars of the different authorization procedures available in Europe and the committee responsible are tabulated below in Table (2).
Different legal basis for the applications in Europe:
The eligibility and requirements are set in the commission regulation (EC) No 726/2004 and defined in the Article 8 and 10 are of the Directive 2001/83/EC. The Article 8 (3) and 10 are for full applications (NDA) and other applications respectively as illustrated in Fig. 2.
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Centralized procedure:European Counci l lays down a
centralized procedure for the authorization of medicinal products, for which there is a single application, a single evaluation and a single authorization allowing direct access to the single market of the Community of 27 countries. Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 defines the eligibility of applications through which medicinal products must (“mandatory scope”) or may (“optional scope” or “Generic/Hybrid”) be authorized by centralized procedure.
National authorizations:Member states are responsible for
granting marketing authorizations for medicinal products which are placed on their markets, except for medicinal products which are authorized through centralized procedure. In order to obtain a national marketing authorisation, an application must be submitted to the particular Member State.
Decentralized procedure:If no marketing authorization has been
granted in the Community, the applicant may make use of a decentralized procedure and submit an application to all the Member States where it intends to obtain a marketing authorization at the same time, and choose one of them as reference Member State (RMS). Based on the assessment report prepared by the reference Member State and any comments made by the concerned Member State, marketing authorisation should be granted.
Mutual recognition procedure (MRP):I f the appl icant has market ing
authorization in one Member state and wishes to obtain the same in other Member states, MRP is followed. This procedure is based on the mutual recognition by concerned Member State(s) of a national marketing authorization granted by the reference Member State.
At the end of both mutual recognition and de-centralized procedure with a positive agreement, a national marketing authorization will be issued in individual Member States. The detailed timetable for each procedure is available in the EMA websites.
JapanJapan is the world’s second largest
market next to the US. With USD 52 billion drug market, it represents 11% of global sales. The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) is in charge of pharmaceutical regulatory affairs in Japan and the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA, KIKO) undertakes
main duties and functions of the Ministry: it handles clinical studies, approval reviews and post-marketing safety measures i.e. approvals and licensing.
Application forms from both Japanese New Drug Application (J-NDA) and Japanese Abbreviated New Drug Application (J-ANDA) for approval to market drugs are usually submitted to the PMDA. When application forms for new drugs are received by the PMDA, an approval review of the application data is done in consultation with experts from the PAFSC. PMDA also does the compliance review of GCP/GMP on-site inspection, and the team prepares a review report.
This report then refers to MHLV which evaluates the application for medical needs, social issues in addition to scientific review and issues the final decision for approval. The flow chart (Fig. 3) illustrates the various authorities function on the approval of drug applications.
Fig. 3 - The approval procedures in Japan
Emerging Nations: Rest of the World:
This region consists of mainly the countries from Asia pacific, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Gulf countries. While countries from Asia pacific and Gulf have almost harmonized their regulatory environment through The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) organizations, rest of the regions are yet to come up with the harmonized regulations in their respective regions.
The Asia Pacific market is expected to grow from USD 187 billion in 2009 to nearly USD 275 billion in 2013, at a CAGR of 13%. This is mainly owing to low cost availability of medicines, rising income levels, and growth of business and health insurance schemes, ensuring sales of branded drugs.
Moreover, intense competition among major players in the regions has fuelled growth. A favorable regulatory environment in these countries has also allowed easy entry of foreign companies.
In the ASEAN regions, the applicant can comply with the common requirements set in the ASEAN Common Technical Dossier (ACTD) to get approval in the member countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam). Almost the same documents can be used for the national approval in the non member countries of Asia pacific region with simple amendments.
The GCC pharmaceuticals industry accounted for nearly 1% of the global pharmaceuticals industry in 2009. The sector is still in a nascent stage compared with international standards. To compete with the global pharmaceuticals industry and meet increasing healthcare demand,
GCC is undergoing a massive change by implementing reforms, simplifying government regulations, and upgrading and expanding healthcare infrastructure. The GCC pharmaceuticals market depends primarily on imported pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutics. Nearly 80% of total drugs consumed in the region are imported.
Ministry of Health of GCC states (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE) are regulatory authorities for the regional pharmaceuticals sector. They also regulate prices of pharmaceutical products. To bring about reforms of harmonization of varying prices and consolidation of the regulatory process, the GCC implemented a centralized system, Gulf Central Committee for Drug Registration (GCC-DR) in May 1999, which currently runs parallel to the regulatory regimes in the region. In May 2010, the UAE has
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Type of exclusivity USA Europe Union
Japan
Data exclusivity 5 years data exclusivity for NCE / 4 years in case of Para IV / 505(b)(2) application
8 years 8 years
Marketing exclusivity - 2 years -
Exclusivity for additional indications / changes to existing product
3 years 1 year 6 years for new delivery routes or for other significant changes / 4 years for new indications and for other relatively insignificant changes
Orphan drug exclusivity
7 years 10 years 10 years
Pediatric exclusivity 6 months - -
Exclusivity for first to file generic application through patent challenge
6 months - -
Table (3): Exclusivities available in major regionsrevealed formation of Middle East Generic Association (MEGA) to promote proper regulatory and bioequivalence testing and advance generic drug sales in the region.
The Latin American markets are forecast to grow at a robust 10% CAGR from USD 37.6 billion in 2009 to USD 62 billion in 2012, due to changes in regulatory policies and increased manufacturing base for generic drugs by the US drug makers. Strong economic growth in these countries will drive lucrative growth in these markets.
The regulatory regime in LATAM countries can be divided into three categories i.e. Countries which have established regulations (Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela) to demonstrate the efficacy, safety through clinical trials and therapeutic equivalence studies with the proper drug approval systems. The countries like Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay too have the regulations to register a new drug or generics but not as stringent as the first category. The last category of countries (Guatemala, Barbados, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Peru) have imperfectly formed drug regulations for the approval of drugs. This variety causes difficulty in the characterization of markets and can generate fictitious segmentations.
Other factors for consideration:Patents Scenario
All developed nations (US, EU, Japan, ANZ) have established a product patent which runs for 20 years from the date of patent filing. In US, Japan, Australia the original patent term can be extended by a maximum of five years, if undue delays take place during the regulatory approval.
In case of Para IV application in US, it is mandatory for the manufacturer to notify the original patent holder, who can take up to 45 days to bring an infringement suit against the manufacturer, if he feels his patents are being violated. However, if no such action is taken within the stipulated period, certification of the ANDA applicant will be accepted by the FDA. If an infringement action is brought in time, FDA suspends approval of the ANDA until the date of court’s decision or up to 30 months. If the court’s decision goes in favor of the patent owner, FDA suspends the approval till expiry of the patent.
In EU member states, an extension of the patent term is obtained by seeking a supplementary protection certificate (SPC). The SPC regime came into force in the European Community on 1 January 1993 but has not been uniformly implemented by all European countries. The SPC takes
effect for a maximum of 5 years after the expiry of the original patent term; however, the exact length of the extension granted under the Regulation is determined by national law. Applications for the SPC must be filed on a country-by-country basis. There is no unitary European SPC. In developing regions, countries like Brazil, Argentina, Canada, China, India, Malaysia, Russia, Taiwan, and South Africa have 20 years of patent term. The term can be extended up to 5 years in some of these countries.
ExclusivitiesData exclusivity is a period granted to
the innovator companies in which no other company can file any type of application for that particular molecule. There are other exclusivities available to promote the company which engages in the innovation or incremental innovations. Table(3) summarizes the various exclusivities available in three major regions.
It is very critical to understand the data exclusivities in various regions in order to estimate the filing timelines of applications as well as to determine the marketing strategies.
Components of regulatory filing and Data Requirements
The US, EU and Japan are a part of International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), hence the technical requirements for registration of Pharmaceuticals follow the ICH recommendations. These countries require data as per the requirements of Common Technical Document (CTD).
The CTD is organized into five modules. Module 1 is region specific and Modules 2, 3, 4 and 5 are intended to be common for all regions. Rest of the region / countries insist on following ICH region for some data like stability, clinical trials though it follows majorly its own regulations. For instance, the ASEAN countries require data as per ASEAN CTD (ACTD) which is same as ICH CTD for data requirements organized in Parts. The brief contents of CTD and major requirements for various regions are tabulated in Table (4).
Indian RegulationsIndia being the leading supplier of API
and generic drugs to the world, it is important to understand the Indian requirements and regulations associated with pharmaceuticals. When the applicant intends to develop and export the pharmaceuticals, it is necessary to comply with regulations set forth in the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 and Rules 1945. There are some necessary licenses to be obtained as mentioned in the table (5) for developing and exporting the drug products.
ConclusionPlanning forward towards getting
marketing approval includes various junctures such as getting drug substances from approved vendors, finished product development, cl inical studies, plant inspection, dossier writing and finally submission to authorities. Hence it is critical to plan and co-ordinate all the activities for successful launch of product
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ICH CTD ASEAN CTD Description Remarks
Module 1 - Regional and Administrative Information Part I
This module contains documents that are specific to each region. This module is not part of CTD. Basically consists of administrative documents like Application form, legal documents (GMP, Licenses etc.), labeling etc.
Required for generics and New Drug
Module 2 - Overall Summary
Part II
This module summarizes the Module 3, 4 and 5. It includes Quality Overall summary, Non Clinical Overview and Summary and Clinical Overview and Summary. The summary provides reviewer the abstract of documents provided in the whole application
Required for generics and New Drug. For generics summary on Quality part only required
Module 3 - Quality The documents related to Chemistry, manufacturing and Control of both Drug Substance and Drug Product is included in this module.
Required for generics and New Drug
Module 4 - SafetyPart III
Non Clinical Study Reports – Data on pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, and toxicological evaluation of the pharmaceutical product is provided in this module.
Not required for generics
Module 5 – EfficacyPart IV
Clinical Study Reports - Applicant provides a critical assessment of the clinical data and related reports in this module.
Not required for generics except Bioequivalence study
Table (4): Contents of Common Technical Document (CTD)
Fig. 4 - Components of Regulatory Filing
Table (5): Various Licenses required from Indian regulatory authority
License Form Description Granting AuthorityTest License Form 29 To be obtained for developing
a new drug. SLA. Sometime it warrant NOC from DCGI
Import License Form 11 To import API and Reference Samples for comparison
DCGI
Import License Form 10 To import API for commercial purposes
DCGI
NOC for BE Form 46 To conduct Bioequivalence studies in India
DCGI
Manufacturing License
F o r m 2 5 / Form 28
To manufacture commercial batches
SLA. Sometime it warrant NOC from DCGI
NOC – No Objection Certificate; DCGI – Drugs Controller General (India); SLA – State Licensing Authority
in the market on time. The diagram (Fig.4) illustrates the various elements involved in obtaining marketing authorization of pharmaceuticals.
Since the world is divided in the drug approval procedures as described above, it is important for the manufacturers, specially the generic companies, to carefully assess the market interest, cost of development, target regions, regulatory requirements before the development of drugs.
By looking at the different regulatory environment, it is impractical to get global marketing approval at same time and launch in all the regions at one go. Hence, one should carefully understand and define the clear regulatory strategy by looking at the target regions, different patent terms and its extension, various application possibilities, data requirements, potential timeline for marketing launch in different regions. This eliminates unnecessary studies, minimizes the delay in drug approvals and subsequent launch, and reduces over all cost of development.
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