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Why 90% of Regulatory Affairs Applicants Get Zero Job Offers (And How to Be the 10%)
Most regulatory affairs applicants never get an interview. Learn why — and the specific CV, experience and training fixes that put you in the top 10%. The overwhelming majority of regulatory affairs job applications fail before a human ever reads the covering letter. This article explains what happens to those applications, who typically gets rejected, why relevant scientific and clinical experience is routinely overlooked, and what separates the small minority of candidates
Jul 3112 min read
How Pharmacists Can Move Into the Pharmaceutical Industry Through Regulatory Affairs
Community and hospital pharmacy is one of the most intellectually demanding qualifications in healthcare. Pharmacists spend four to five years studying pharmacokinetics, drug interactions, pharmaceutical sciences, clinical practice and patient counselling. They emerge with a depth of pharmaceutical knowledge that most people in the healthcare system simply don’t have. And then, for a significant proportion, they spend their careers in environments that use only a fraction of
Jul 284 min read
The EU HTA Regulation Is Reshaping How Clinical Evidence Supports Market Access Across Europe
On 30 April 2026, a milestone quietly passed that will redefine how innovative medicines reach patients across the European Union. The HTA Coordination Group (HTACG) approved the very first Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) report in history — covering tovorafenib (Ojemda®), Ipsen's treatment for paediatric low-grade malignant glioma. Completed well within the 30-day timeline from marketing authorisation, it marked the first real-world product of a regulatory and market access
Jul 2814 min read
FDA Approves Tregzi (Orca-T) for GvHD Prophylaxis
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tregzi (Orca-T) on 30 June 2026, making it the first regulatory T cell-based immunotherapy authorised to improve chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGvHD)-free survival in adults undergoing matched donor allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for haematological malignancies. Developed by Orca Biosystems, Inc. (Orca Bio), Tregzi combines purified haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), regula
Jul 2812 min read
10 Clinical Trials to Watch in H2 2026: From Lung Cancer Immunotherapy to Personalised Cancer Vaccines — A Regulatory Affairs Briefing
The most closely watched clinical trials to watch in H2 2026 span lung cancer immunotherapy, personalised mRNA cancer vaccines, obesity drugs, rare neuromuscular disease and novel anticoagulants, according to industry tracking from BioPharma Dive. These trials affect oncologists, biotech investors, sponsors and regulatory affairs teams preparing dossiers across the FDA, EMA and MHRA. Readouts expected between July and December 2026 will shape marketing authorisation strategy,
Jul 1012 min read
Guiding Principles of Good AI Practice in Drug Development: What Every Regulatory Professional Needs to Know
In January 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) jointly published one of the most significant regulatory science documents in recent memory: Guiding Principles of Good AI Practice in Drug Development. For the first time, the world's two most influential regulatory authorities have aligned on a shared framework governing how artificial intelligence must be developed, validated, documented, and managed across the entire pharm
Jul 912 min read