The International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) Steering Committee (SC) and its working groups met in Cincinnati, Ohio from June 11-16, 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n Global Outreach Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n For the first time, non-ICH regulators have been nominated to serve as experts in some quality, safety and efficacy expert working groups (EWGs). ICH welcomed the active participation of technical experts from China, Chinese Taipei, Korea and Singapore.<\/p>\n In efforts to further the global reach of ICH, the Global Cooperation Group (GCG) accepted the request of the East African Community (EAC) to join the other Regional Harmonization Initiatives in the GCG dialogue. The EAC is comprised of five countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi. In recent years, the EAC\u2019s work on harmonization of medicines regulation has increased, and with the support of the World Health Organization, they have moved towards implementing many ICH guidelines, including the ICH Common Technical Document (CTD).<\/p>\n A group of global regulators who are cooperating in the area of cell therapy updated the ICH Steering Committee on their activities and reported that they are exploring potential areas for future harmonization or other approaches to regulatory convergence.<\/p>\n Quality Update<\/strong><\/p>\n The Q11 draft Guideline, \u201cDevelopment and Manufacture of Drug Substances,\u201d reached Step 2. This guideline describes approaches to developing process and drug substance understanding and also provides guidance on what information should be provided in a CTD. It provides further clarification on the principles and concepts described in ICH guidelines on Pharmaceutical Development (Q8), Quality Risk Management (Q9) and Pharmaceutical Quality Systems (Q10) as they pertain to the development and manufacture of drug substance.<\/p>\n The Quality Implementation Working Group (IWG) completed three \u2018Points to Consider\u2019 documents on \u201cCriticality of Quality Attributes and Process Parameters,\u201d \u201cControl Strategy,\u201d and \u201cLevel of Documentation in Enhanced (QbD) Regulatory Submissions.\u201d These documents will serve to provide supplementary information to the previously completed Q&A\u2019s and training materials.<\/p>\n Safety Update<\/strong><\/p>\n The S6(R1) EWG reached Step 4 on the Addendum to the S6 Guideline \u201cRevision of Preclinical Safety Evaluation of Biotechnology-Derived Pharmaceuticals.\u201d The purpose of the addendum is to provide clarification of language in the original ICH S6 document regarding species selection, study design, immunogenicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity and carcinogenicity testing. The Addendum will be integrated in the core S6 Guideline which will be renamed S6(R1).<\/p>\n The M3(R2) IWG, \u201cGuidance on Non-clinical Safety Studies for the Conduct of Human Clinical Trials and Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals\u201d finalized three sets of questions and answers at Step 4 which address limit dose, reversibility of toxicity, and metabolites.<\/p>\n Efficacy Update<\/strong><\/p>\n The E2B(R3) EWG \u201cRevision of the Electronic Submission in Individual Case Safety Reports\u201d progressed the E2B(R3) Implementation Guide (IG) to Step 2. This marks a significant milestone in that it is the first ICH work item to reach Step 2 under a pilot process that involved work in parallel with standards development organizations.<\/p>\n The next ICH Steering Committee meeting and its expert working groups will be held in Sevilla, Spain from November 5 \u2013 10, 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n For further information, please contact:<\/strong> \u201cICH Global Expansion \u2013 Enhanced Scientific Exchanges\u201d. 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