2020 is very special for us as we will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Asphalion. Thank you for being part of it!

May 2020 is round the corner and therefore, only a few months remain for date of application (DoA) of the new medical device regulation (MDR).

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Last week Asphalion attended the second edition of the “Forum d’Empreses de l’ámbit farmacèutic – sanitari“, organised by the Facultat de Farmàcia I ciències de l’alimentació de la Universitat de Barcelona.

Communication from the Board of Directors: Marcos Fernández, New Regulatory Affairs Associate Director at Asphalion

Yesterday, Asphalion’s values (commitment flexibility passion and teamwork) were demonstrated in a 17 km hike organized and walked by members of the company who traveled with family & friends from our offices in Barcelona to Sant Cugat del Vallès.

Last week, our colleagues Marta Rayo Lunar and Marta Morales attended the n-TRACK Project Review Meeting in Cambridge to discuss the project progress with all the partners.

The EMA has recently revised the Q&A document that provides practical considerations concerning the implementation of the MDR and IVDR.

Yesterday, November 6, Dominique Monferrer and Eduardo Garrido participated in the event Graphene Connect on MedTech and Diagnostic Technologies associated with the first Graphene for Health Investment Forum.

Last week, Lidia Cánovas and Nuria Romero participated in the seminar “Els efectes del Brexit en el sector Farma”.

Asphalion is celebrating both events on the same day. Do you celebrate these festivities in your company too? Trick or Treat?

Yesterday, Consol Bozzo Mulet and Daniel Langa García gave a training session on regulatory approach of “ICH Q12: Control de cambios. Consideraciones técnicas y regulatorias en el ciclo de vida de los productos farmacéuticos.”.

Today Christopher Mann, Joel Montane and Oriol Penon are attending the 27TH ESGCT Annual Congress in Barcelona.

In June 2019, the EC, the EMA and the HMA co-signed a letter reminding all sponsors of clinical trials conducted in the EU of their obligation to make summaries of results of concluded trials publicly available in the EudraCT.

Two months after being designated as the third Notified Body (NB) under the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR), Dekra Certification GmbH was annouced last week by the European Commission (EC) as the first NB to be designated under the EU In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR).

Last Friday, Stakeholders Update Meeting took place in Madrid and was a great success!

With the entry into force of the new Medical Devices Regulation (2017/745/EU, “MDR”), many new requirements to be met by the manufacturers have been established.

As published in the Electronic submissions for CEP applications Revised Roadmap 2016-2020, from January 2020, EDQM will require eCTD submissions for all applications including requests for revisions and renewals (except for TSE only submissions and for submissions for substances for veterinary use only). 

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In September 2019, Health Canada announced that 1st January 2020 is the new deadline for all new Master Files as well as all additional information and subsequent regulatory transactions will be mandatory in eCTD format.

Asphalion’s Board of Directors announce Sonia López as new Regulatory Affairs Associate Director of the company.

No pierdas nuestro próximo webinar que tendrá lugar el día 7 de Noviembre 11 – 12 horas. 

September is World Alzheimer’s Month and this year Asphalion wants to talk about it.

The new Medical Devices Regulation (2017/745/EU, “MDR”) brings EU legislation in pace with technical advances, innovations in medical science, and progress in law making.

September is the World Alzheimer’s Month and this year Asphalion wants to talk about it because research suggests that leading a healthy lifestyle may help to reduce a person’s risk of developing dementia later in life.

Asphalion believes in helping employees find a little balance in their workday and we have measures to help reconcile work with private and family life.

Today, our experts Núria Romero, Sonia López, Nuria Cabello and Bernat Autonell participated in the workshop “Digital transformation and pharmacovigilance: technology update” organized by Arithmos, Asphalion and Oracle Health Sciences.

Today Marcos Fernandez, Regulatory Affairs Manager at Asphalion, is attending the LORENZ userBridge Conference 2019 in Greece.

A draft NICE guidance recommends Voretigene Neparvovec (also called Luxturna) to treat people with vision loss caused by inherited retinal dystrophy from confirmed RPE65 gene mutations who have enough viable retinal cells.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its intention to clean the drug listing database from outdated and uncertified records.

The FDA and the EMA are aligned in more than 90% of marketing authorizations (MA) for new drugs, according to a new study from EMA and FDA officials comparing 107 new medicine applications at the two agencies between 2014 and 2016.

We do not close in August and we are always looking for passionate, ambitious and enthusiastic people to join the Asphalion Team.