<span>What the latest changes to EU regulations and data requirements mean for your microbial biopesticide registrations and renewals</span>
January 9, 2023

What the latest changes to EU regulations and data requirements mean for your microbial biopesticide registrations and renewals

Despite perceptions that biopesticides are inherently less dangerous, the EU regulates them as stringently as conventional, potentially highly hazardous, synthetic plant protection chemicals (Regulation [EC] No. 1107/2009). This has made approvals costly and slow. Recent regulatory revisions intended to redress this—to give EU farmers better and faster access to biological alternatives—may paradoxically increase the regulatory burden. Read on to learn what this may mean for registration or renewal of your biopesticide.
<span>Faster access to biopesticide alternatives to conventional pesticides under the U.S. BPPD regulatory framework</span>
April 20, 2023

Faster access to biopesticide alternatives to conventional pesticides under the U.S. BPPD regulatory framework

There is pressure worldwide for better, faster access to biological alternatives to conventional crop protection chemicals (CPCs). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is ahead of regions such as the European Union (EU) in revising its regulatory approaches for biopesticides and in having a division dedicated to them, namely, the Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD). Read on to discover how this can help you speed your biopesticide to market in the U.S. 
<span>Enabling better access to kidney disease trials</span>
March 7, 2023

Enabling better access to kidney disease trials

March is National Kidney Month, and we at Labcorp are committed to improving the renal health of patients worldwide. The field of nephrology clinical research has been steadily adding new interventional trials over the last five years at an average pace of 176 trials per year. This activity reflects the continued interest in and importance of developing new drugs to treat renal disease. The recent approvals of Farxiga® (dapagliflozin) and Kerendia® (finerenone) have also moved the field forward with new treatments to delay kidney disease progression. However, the operational conduct of kidney disease studies—whether they be for chronic kidney disease or rare renal diseases such as IgA nephropathy or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis—remains challenging due to low recruitment rates, a widely competitive geographic spread and long development timelines. Within the Operational Strategy and Development Group at Labcorp, we are deploying various tactics to improve the efficiency of renal studies by focusing on the patient.