ICH Project 53rd ICH Public Meeting (Online)

July 13, 2026

To widely share information on ICH developments with representatives from companies involved in pharmaceutical development and safety and quality assurance, as well as the general public, the 53rd ICH Immediate Report Meeting will serve as a forum for presenting and reporting on the outcomes of the ICH Rio de Janeiro Meeting(May 30–June 3, 2026), we will host the 53rd ICH Public Meeting online on July 14, 2026.

At this briefing, we will first report on ICH trends, including the results of the Rio de Janeiro meeting, followed by presentations and Q&A sessions with experts from each working group on safety, efficacy, cross-cutting issues, and quality.
The program and schedule for this briefing are attached below as a file, which you can view directly.
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Date, Time, and Venue

Date and Time Format
Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1:00 PM – 5:05 PM Online (Zoom)

Information and Program

Event Announcement / Program

Presentation Materials

Presentations Speakers

01-1 ICH Trends

Fumiya Tamura (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

01-2 ICH Trends—From the Perspective of the JPMA

Masafumi Yokota (JPMA)

02 S13 EWG: Nonclinical Safety Testing of Nucleic Acid Medicines

Takasumi Shimomoto (NIH)

03 E21 EWG: Inclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding individuals in clinical trials

Yoko Motoki (NIH)

04 E22 EWG: General Guidelines on Patient Preference Studies

Shun Tezuka (NIH)

05 E23 EWG: Considerations on the Use of Real-World Evidence (RWE) in Regulatory Decision-Making Regarding the Efficacy of Medicines

Ryota Kimura (NIH)

06 M7 Sub-group: Addendum to the Guidelines for the Evaluation and Control of DNA-Reactive (Mutagenic) Impurities in Medicines to Reduce Potential Carcinogenic Risks (Evaluation and Control of Nitrosamine Impurities)

Keiji Hirabayashi (NIH)

07 M13 EWG: Bioequivalence of Immediate-Release Oral Solid Dosage Forms

Hideaki Kuribayashi (NIH)

08 M18 EWG: Framework for Determining the Utility of Comparative Efficacy Studies in Biosimilar Development Programs

Naohiro Otaki (NIH)

09 M4Q(R2) EWG: Revision of the “Guideline on the Preparation of CTD Quality Documents”

Hiroki Ito (JPMA)

10 Q1 EWG: Revision of the Guidelines for Stability Testing of Drug Substances and Drug Products

Tatsuo Koide (National Institute of Health Sciences)

Q3E EWG: Evaluation and Control of Extractables and Leachables of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products

Keita Kawaji (NIH)

12 Q5E Annex EWG: Equivalence/Homogeneity Assessment Following Changes to the Manufacturing Process of Advanced Therapy Products

Atsushi Nishikawa (NIH)

13 Q6(R1) EWG: Revision of “Establishment of Specifications and Test Methods for Medicinal Products”

Takahiro Yamaguchi (JPMA)

 

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