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Life Cycle Management of Biotech Products – An Industry Perspective Thomas Schreitmueller Co‐chair FIFARMA Regulatory WG

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LifeCycleManagement of BiotechProducts–AnIndustryPerspective

Thomas SchreitmuellerCo‐chairFIFARMA  RegulatoryWG 

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Vision

• To be the regional voice of the innovative pharmaceutical industry, supporting the development of a sustainable and patient centric healthcare system in Latin America.

Mission• To engage in the development of policies that foster the access to high quality pharmaceutical innovations that prolong, preserve and improve life for patients in Latin America.

Vision and Mission

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Global Management of Post‐Approval Change is Complicated

…I’D RATHER BE CHANGING TIRES 

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Adopted from © IFPMA 2017

Global Management of Post‐Approval Change is Complicated

• Same Core data/ information submitted to ~140 countries • Guidelines exist in only a few Emerging Market countries, therefore 

different Health Authority expectationsSome countries have no defined PAC proceduresFrequently changing procedures, requirements and timelinesDifferences in administrative documentation & supporting data required to demonstrate that a specific change does not negatively impact Q, S or E

• Companies concurrently manage multiple reviews of same core information and multiple rounds of responses to questions to Health Authorities 

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Estimated Global Approval Times for Major Changes Example: New drug product manufacturing site

Adopted from © IFPMA 20175

< 6 months

6‐12 months

12‐18 months

>18 months

Variability in review & approval times for the same change across markets

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With over 7000 medicines in development, the exciting new wave of medical innovation will play a key role in addressing the challenges faced by patients and healthcare systems 

Adapted from “Health Advances analysis; Adis R&D Insight Database. March 2015, compiled by PhRMA”

Science is evolving and many promising new modalities and medicines are expected to reach NRAs soon

CAR‐T therapies – are T‐cells that have been genetically modified to allow the T‐cell to recognize and destroy tumor cells

Combination therapies – increasing quality and quantity of life by combining targeted cancer treatments to increase their effectiveness 

Gene therapy – helping to replace defective or missing genes in cells through the introduction of DNA for the treatment of genetic diseases 

Cell therapy – insertion of living cells into patients to replace or repair damaged tissue, in order to facilitate improved organ or tissue functionality

Antibacterial treatments – neutralize highly pathogenic bacterial surface proteins or secreted toxins and activate the immune system to directly kill the bacteria …

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Developments may be based on innovative Personalised Healthcare (PHC) approaches…

Key trends/technologies driving evolution in PHC

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Science and technology are shifting the boundaries of what is possible in medical research and patient care…

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Methodologies• Biomarker-guided Clinical

Trial Designs• Basket trials• Umbrella trials

• Adaptive Designs

Major Goals• Increase R&D efficiency• Increase the number of trial

participants getting the best treatment

New Clinical Approaches in Drug Development

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Example of basket trial: BRAF V600 Vemurafenib

Hyman et al. Vemurafenib in multiple nonmelanoma cancers with BRAFV600 mutations. N Engl J Med, 2015, 373:726‐36

Objective: 

Explore the effect of a specific treatment in a biomarker positive subgroup (in different histologies)

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• Smaller Patient Numbers• Faster Development Timelines• Tighter (more specific) Clinical Experience

• Shift of traditional pre‐approval developmentactivities into the post‐approval space

Innovative drug development approaches require innovative and strong regulatory systems and procedures

• Accelerated Approval Pathways• Rolling Submissions• Parallel Companion Diagnostics

(CD) Evaluation• Post-Approval Committments• CMC-Flexibility

• Reliance Options• Recognition• Verification• Abbridged

• Robust PharmacovigilanceSystem

• Efficient Life-Cycle Management

Consequences                       Enablers

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Efficient Life‐Cycle ManagementKey components of an efficient regulatorysystem are missing in the regulationsof manycountries

Adapted from IFPMA presentation at DIA Euro 2018 Page 11

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2. Common classification system

1. Risk basedclassification system

3. Clear and transparent timelines

4. Novel regulatorymechanisms and tools

5. Expedited  approvals

6. Reliance and mutual recognition

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The WHO post approval change  guidance for biotherapeuticproducts* (BTPs) has all features that will significantly facilitate the work related to product life‐cycle both at industry and NRAs 

It should be implemented in each LATAM country !!

*WHO Guidelines on post approval changes for biotherapeutic products Appendix 1

Implementationof highly elaboratedWHO‐guidance mayeasily solvemany issues achievingefficient productlife‐cycle management (LCM)

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• The NRA performs an assessment of the decision of the NRA of the licensing country to determine whether reliance of that NRA’s decision is appropriate. The submission consists of:• a cover letter from the marketing authorization holder informing the NRA about the change;

• a copy of the approval letter issued by the NRA of the licensing country;

• assessment reports and relevant correspondence from the NRA of the licensing country (if made available by the NRA);

• a detailed description of the change; and• supporting data submitted as necessary if assessment reports are not available.

Suggestions on “expedited” review procedures* supporting regulatory systems strengthening efforts

*WHO Guidelines on post approval changes for biotherapeutic products Appendices 2 and 3

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Rationale for ICHQ12

•Opportunities for flexibility in post‐approval change management have not been fully realized  •Different requirements around the world are a disincentive to making improvements to increase process robustness  

• Lack of alignment exists regarding necessary information and level of detail in the regulatory dossier • So‐called “regulatory commitments” impact on post‐approval change management

ICH Q12 proposed by the Informal Quality Discussion Group (IQDG) and accepted by the ICHSteering Committee in Minneapolis, June 2014

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Q12 Element: Post‐Approval Change Management Protocols (PACMP)

•Concept exists in some regions‒ USA: ‘Comparability Protocols’.

‒ Europe: ‘Post‐Approval Change Management Protocols’.

• Key elements agreed‒ Description of a PACMP and how it is used

‒ Components of a PACMP

‒ Types of PACMPs:

• Specific change.• Broader protocols, e.g., multi‐product and/or multi‐site

A PACMP is a regulatory tool that provides predictability and transparency in terms of the requirements and studies needed to implement a change as the approved protocol provides an agreement between the MAH and the regulatory authority.

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While we see encouraging examples and results of regulatory systemsstrengthening efforts in the region like:• establishment and implementation of regulations for biologics• CRS as the flagship for collaborative regulatory decision making• Implemented and piloting reliance based regulatory pathways e.g. Panama and Brazil

In many LATAM countries there is a need for: • “development” and implementation of alternative registration pathways• piloting, adopting and executing reliance based procedures in regulatory decision making

• pharmacovigilance system implementation along WHO Triple‐S principles

• alignment and establishment of local regulatory requirements along global PAC standards e.g. WHO post‐approval guidances for BTPs and vaccines

FIFARMA’s asks for NRAs: 

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Fragmentation, duplication and inefficiency are undermining progress.….So we have choice: we can keep doing what we’re doing. But we must accept that the outcomes will be the same.Let me remind you that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different result.We must do something different.We need innovation and disruption –not just for developing new products, but for developing new ways of delivering those products and new ways of working together to deliver results.

From: Opening speech for the World Health Summit, Dr Tedros AdhanomGhebreyesus, WHO Director‐General, Berlin, Germany 16 October 2018

…and a last word