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19th New Drug Evaluation Division
Regular Meeting
Date: May 20, 2004
Time: 10:30 - 15:00
Venue: Kosei-Nenkin Kaikan Hall, Tokyo
Organizer: The Society of Japanese Pharmacopoeia (SJP)
(Incorporated Foundation)
Sponsors:
* Japan Federation of Pharmaceutical
Manufacturers' Associations (JFPMA)
* Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Association (JPMA)
* The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers'
Association of Tokyo (PMAT)
(Incorporated Association)
* Osaka Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association (OPMA)
* Japan Medical Association (JMA)
(Incorporated Association)
PROGRAM
10:30-10:40
Opening Address from the Organizer Mr. M. Uchiyama (SJP)
10:40-11:10
Current Trends in the Approval Examination
MHLW, PFSB, Evaluation and Licensing Division
Division Head
Dr. Shuichi Kishida
11:10-11:55
Clinical Trial Consultations in PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Priority Review, Coordinator
Dr. Takeyuki Sato
Lunch Break
13:00-13-50
Drug Safety Measures of PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Safety Control, Supervisor
Dr. Tatsuo Kurokawa
Break
13:50-14:10
New Approval Review System of PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Director (concurrently, Head of Evaluation Centre)
Dr. Satoshi Toyoshima
Disclaimer
Key illustrations
Table 1. New categories of consultations
Table 2. Present Consultation Categories (for new
medicinal products)
Table 3. Fees for new drug clinical trial
consultations
Flowchart 1. Procedure for consultation in PMDA
Flowchart 2. Flow-chart of the review work by PMDA
Table 4. Department in charge of clinical trial
consultation
Opening Address from the Organizer: Mr. M. Uchiyama (SJP)
(Gist)
The progress in the research and development of
medicinal products in our country is remarkable;
however a number of difficulties have appeared
recently. In this foundation (The Society of
Japanese Pharmacopoeia) we selected some recent
topics affecting the development of medicinal
products, and with guidance and support we
organized this information meeting and hope even
small this would be helpful for all of you in the
audience. We also would like to thank to our
sponsors and to all participants.
Note: The first of the series of information meetings was
carried out on January 29, 1999 in Tokyo with the
purpose to provide direct clarification for a number
of current topics (organizational changes,
acceptance of ICH Guidelines, GCP and the conduct of
clinical trials). The title "New Drug Evaluation
Division Meeting" reflects the name of the current
Evaluation and Licensing Division (ELD) back in 1999.
Since then totally 38 meetings have been held as
follow:
Title
No.
New Drug Evaluation Division
Information Meetings
19
Periodic ICH Information Meetings
9
Problems with Safety of Drugs
6
Problems with QA of Drugs
4
14th Japanese Pharmacopoeia
1
Total as of February 2004
39
Current Trends in the Approval Examination
MHLW, PFSB, Evaluation and Licensing Division
Division Head
Dr. Shuichi Kishida
Key points of the presentation:
? Outline of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Agency (PMDA)
? Flow of new drug approval
? Importance of the applicant to respond to the
requirements of the reviewing authority in order to
achieve approval as fast as possible
? Priority review
? Clinical trial priority consultation
? Regulations to be framed on partial modification
during approval application
- Partial modification during partial modification
of drugs and quasi-drugs
- Additional application during new drug
application
? Off-label use
? Expanded access program of anti-cancer multiple drug
treatment
- Conduct a rapid review (4 months)
? Improvement in pediatric use of medicines
- Protocol, post-marketing drug safety, gathering
of data
? Announcement by authority of the approval data
- Outline of approval shall be made public after 3
months of approval
? Promote countermeasures on misuse of drugs
- Label dosage regiment with trade name, etc.
? Re-evaluation of drugs
- Approximately 30% of total results are
dissatisfactory (leading to disapproval)
? Schedule on re-evaluation of antibacterial products
- Deliberate by June and notify in September 2004
? ICH, CTD issues
? GCP compliance
- Performance is greatly influenced by the degree
of contribution of the monitors
Clinical Trial Consultations in PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Priority Review, Coordinator
Dr. Takeyuki Sato
Key points of the presentation:
A. Basic view of clinical trial consultations
Description:
* Basic view:
- Clinical trial consultation in PMDA will have
designated consulting team for each case. In
this way, the applicant and the consulting team
will have closer communication, which will lead
to an effective consultation result
- In order to provide more effective drugs to the
medical scene, PMDA is determined to offer apt
consultation in a swift manner
* Is Consultation an advantage for the approval?
- Consultation will often shorten the total time
for approval if applicants observe the
consultation results
- Judgment of PMDA is subject to change according
to new scientific discoveries and progress
* Changes in handling fee:
? Consultation fees have been revised
? Timing for payment is to be reconsidered
? Cancellation fee will be charged
B. New categories of consultations
* Changes in the categories of consultations:
? Consultation categories have been changed during
3 periods (Table 1):
a) Before July 13, 2003 - prior to the
introduction of CTD
b) Between July 14, 2003 and March 31, 2004 -
transition period prior to the
establishment of PMDA
c) After April 1, 2004 - present period after
the establishment of PMDA
? Present consultation categories are listed in
details on Table 2 below.
Table 1. New categories of consultations
Before July 13, 2003
From July 14, 2003
to March 31, 2004
After April 1, 2004
Initial clinical trial
consultation for:
"Clinical trial consultation"
"Safety consultation"
"Quality consultation"
Post-phase II consultation
Pre-application consultation
Specific consultation
Re-evaluation/re-examination:
Protocol consultation
Post clinical test consultation
Procedure consultation
Pre-phase I consultation
Safety consultation
Quality consultation
Pre-phase II
consultation
Additional consultation
Earlier pre-phase II
consultation
Latter pre-phase II
consultation
Bioequivalence study
consultation
Early pre-phase II consultation
* Restricted to consultation on protocol of earlier
phase II clinical trial. Guidance and advice will be
provided based on the results and data of the phase I
trial
* For example, adequacy of parameter applied to the
pharmacokinetics of patients.
Late pre-phase II consultation
* For the first time, the organization will consult on
those cases that arise after completing phase I trial
until settlement of clinical dosage, that is, for
example, on phase II protocols
* Consultation will be based on the result of phase I
trial, overseas clinical data in human, approvals of
other countries and information on similar drugs
* When even before the earlier phase II trial is
launched, if the consultation should include matters
on latter phase II protocols, the case will be
categorized here
* That is, validity of dosage of the investigational
drug in phase II trial, written informed consent for
patients, and so on
Consultation on pharmaceutical bioequivalence study
* Guidance and advice on those cases that do not
categorize under phase I ~ III trials nor under
quality / safety consultation, but require data
evaluation are categorized here. Such cases as
consultation on the categorization, bioequivalence
study reviews will be allocated here.
Consultation prior to application for new non-
prescription drugs (planned)
* Guidance and advice on those non-prescription drugs
classified (2) and (3) in the approval application
classification and have more new aspects to the drug.
Consultations will be on the necessity of clinical
trial, adequacy of protocol, non-clinical study data,
and on
* Before applying for this consultation, it is highly
recommended to receive a good advice through the prior
interview service.
Consultation prior to clinical trial and application of
medical devices / in-vitro diagnostics products
(planned)
* Guidance and advice on those that require data
evaluation, such as non-clinical study plan and
adequacy of trial method.
Table 2. Present Consultation Categories (for new medicinal
products)
[1] Consultations available during the new drug
development
(1) Pre-phase I consultation
(2) Earlier pre-phase II consultation
(3) Latter pre-phase II consultation
(4) Post-phase II consultation
(5) Pre-application consultation
[2] Consultations on clinical trials for re-
evaluation / re-examination
(1) Re-evaluation/re-examination Protocol
consultation
(2) Re-evaluation/re-examination Post
clinical test consultation
[3] Consultations that supplement the above
(1) Procedure consultation
(2) Bioequivalence study consultation
(3) Quality consultation
(4) Safety consultation
(5) Additional consultation
Table 3. Fees for new drug clinical trial consultations
Consultation category
Fee per
consultation(Yen)
Procedure consultation
172,100
Bioequivalence study
consultation
566,100
Early pre-phase II
consultation
2,349,900
Quality consultation
1,483,500
Safety consultation
1,637,200
Early pre-phase II
consultation
865,200
Late pre-phase II
consultation
1,678,700
Post-phase II
consultation
3,331,900
Pre-application
consultation
3,333,000
Re-evaluation/re-
examination
Protocol consultation
3,331,900
Re-evaluation/
re-examination
3,333,000
Post clinical trial
consultation
3,333,000
Additional consultation
1,483,500
C. Procedure of face-to-face advice
Flowchart 1. Procedure for consultation in PMDA
Temporary application for consultation
schedule adjustment
notification of the consultation date
contract (payment)
prior research
face-to-face advice
close consultation report
conveyance of the record
Work-flow in PMDA
The review work carried by PMDA is summarized in
Flowchart 2. (next page)
Flowchart 2. Flow-chart of the review work by PMDA
Table 4. Department in charge of clinical trial
consultation
Department
in charge
Medicinal products
First
New drug
evaluation
Department
Anti-malignancy, anti-bacterial,
anti-HIV-viral related drugs
Second
New drug
evaluation
Department
Cardio-vascular drugs, urinary and
recto-anal drugs, reproductive
organ drugs, metabolic disease
drugs (limited to combined
ingredients), internal diagnosis
drugs, radioactive drugs
Third
New drug
evaluation
Department
Gastrointestinal drugs, metabolic
disease (other than combined
ingredients), hormonal drugs,
dermatological drugs, central
nervous system drugs, peripheral
nervous system drugs, respiratory
organs drugs, allergy drugs,
narcotics
Biological
evaluation
Department
Biological, cell and tissue drugs,
blood products
D. For more effective consultations
? Consultation is available in morning and afternoon
from Monday to Friday
? Write at least 3 possible days for consultation
when applying for consultation
? Make good use of the prior interview system for
deliberation of the consultation category and data
preparation
? Contact the evaluation department when payment is
to be delayed
? Cancellation procedure will be necessary if the
applicant request to cancel or change the date of
face-to-face interview due to the applicants
reason, and in that case, 50% of consultation fee
will be reimbursed
? When cancellation by PMDA reasons, 100% of the fee
will be reimbursed
? For more information visit the web site of the
PMDA at http://www.pmda.go.jp
E. Priority face-to-face interview on designated items
* Criteria and necessary documents
- Drug items that are considered important for
treatment of serious disease will be
designated as priority face-to-face interview
items
- In order to achieve this priority, submission
of data that prove the importance of the item
in medical treatment is necessary, for example,
outline of investigation drug, etc.
* Procedure of priority face-to-face interview
proprietary steps
- Inquiry and hearing will be conducted to the
applicant
- PMDA internal deliberation (with opinions from
specialists)
- Notification of the result to the applicant
- Report to the relevant sections of MHLW and
Health Science Council
* Procedure after designated as priority face-to-face
item
- Those items, compounds or effects of drug that
is designated as priority item through the
above procedure is prioritized in face-to-face
interview (clinical trial consultation)
- The case is also applicable to consultation on
the reliability standard conformation
- Designation is subject to withdrawal in
specific cases such as violation of
pharmacopoeia
* Prior to applying for the designation
- Thorough deliberation should be made at prior
interview, which can be applied in the same
procedure with the regular new drug prior
interview application.
Drug Safety Measures of PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Safety Control, Supervisor
Dr. Tatsuo Kurokawa
Key points of the presentation:
* Inauguration of PMDA was a good opportunity to
improve and reinforce human resource and
organization in drug safety administration. Expanded
capacity of specialized personnel will handle drugs
for disease such as cancer, dementia and acute
infectious disease, which require drugs of new
mechanism and technology
* Drug Safety operation in PMDA will take-over routine
operations of MHLW therefore giving leeway to the
total drug safety of the country
* MHLW will be in charge of decision making while PMDA
will implement the established projects
* MHLW and PMDA will share information and promote the
safety measures together, will cooperate with other
medical institutes in a friendly manner, and will
improve in operational transparency
* Continue to work on the post-marketing drug safety
issues of new drugs. Post-marketing adverse drug
reactions (ADR) are constantly reported, due to the
fact that ADR information at the pre-marketing stage
is likely to be held back owing to expectations of
patients, families, concerned medical workers and
companies' desire to develop the new drug as a block
buster.
New Approval Review System of PMDA
Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency
Director (concurrently, Head of Evaluation Centre)
Dr. Satoshi Toyoshima
Key points of the presentation:
* Provide better medicinal products to the medical
scene in a swift manner
* Organization of PMDA - improvement
* Clinical trial evaluation procedure
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Class 2 - "New Proprietary Ingredient" non-prescription medicines
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