Regulatory Affairs

Episode 4: Technology as Catalyst: How Science Enabled the Regulatory Transformation

Tagline: “When scientific precision sharpened, so did regulatory vision -technology became the bridge between molecules and medicine.” Introduction The regulatory awakening around chiral drugs in the 1990s did not occur in isolation. It was powered, almost inevitably, by remarkable scientific and technological breakthroughs. Before sophisticated tools existed, distinguishing and isolating enantiomers was labor-intensive, error-prone, and prohibitively expensive. It was the advent of new chemical, analytical, and bioanalytical technologies that made the regulatory demands for stereochemical …

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Episode 3: Beyond Borders: Comparing How Global Agencies Regulate Chiral Drugs

“Science may be universal, but regulation wears many faces. Let’s journey through the world of chiral drug approval across continents.” Introduction The 1990s witnessed a revolutionary shift in the regulatory treatment of chiral drugs, spurred by major agencies like the U.S. FDA and European Medicines Agency (EMA). However, the global regulatory landscape was -and still is -far from homogeneous. While scientific consensus around the importance of stereochemistry has largely been achieved, regulatory expectations, procedural details, …

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Episode 1: When Mirror Images Mattered: A Historical Prelude to Chiral Drug Regulation

“Before the world looked closely at molecular mirror images, the pharmaceutical landscape was filled with blind spots -this is the story of how chirality found its voice.” Introduction The phenomenon of chirality, where molecules exist as non-superimposable mirror images, permeates the natural world. In biological systems, chirality is fundamental: proteins, enzymes, and receptors are inherently stereospecific, responding differently to the two mirror-image forms, or enantiomers, of a compound. In pharmacology, these subtle molecular differences can …

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