EMA Publish Concept Paper on Review of Guidelines on Influenza Vaccine Development
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Regulatory requirements for the quality, non-clinical and clinical development of influenza vaccines are currently stated in several documents including multidisciplinary guidelines such as EMEA/CPMP/4986/03, CHMP/VWP/263499/06, the Note for guidance on harmonisation of requirements for influenza vaccines CPMP/BWP/214/96 and the Guideline on dossier structure and content for pandemic influenza vaccine marketing authorisation application (EMEA/CPMP/VEG/4717/03 rev. 1).
These guidelines were drafted and adopted at different time points and over several years before the onset of the 2009-2010 influenza pandemic and each addresses one of seasonal influenza vaccines, pre-pandemic or pandemic vaccines. The need to update the available guidelines regarding the manufacturing, non-clinical and clinical development of influenza vaccines was recognised during and following the 2009-2010 influenza pandemic. More recently, issues encountered and experience gained during requests for CHMP scientific advice and the processing of several applications for marketing authorisation of influenza vaccines have underlined the desirability of updating the existing guidelines. In addition, it is anticipated that novel influenza vaccines could be based on e.g. recombinant proteins, virus-like particles (VLPs), DNA or live viral vectors and there is a need to consider the regulatory expectations that would apply to such products.
Although current and future influenza vaccines may vary in nature and composition they all aim to prevent clinically manifest influenza by means of eliciting a protective immune response. Therefore the
development of a single consolidated guidance document on the quality, non-clinical and clinical requirements for influenza vaccines seems to be both feasible and appropriate.
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