Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework
The chances and opportunities in modern biology inspired devising new therapeutics are mind blowing. The promises reach from successfully treating so-far incurable diseases like cancer and certain infections, to modulating and fine tuning the immune response to prolong the lifespan by inhibiting agi...
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| description | The chances and opportunities in modern biology inspired devising new therapeutics are mind blowing. The promises reach from successfully treating so-far incurable diseases like cancer and certain infections, to modulating and fine tuning the immune response to prolong the lifespan by inhibiting aging. However, as underlying therapies become more and more complex and sophisticated, it becomes increasingly difficult to find ways to ensure and predict the safety of these new therapeutics. The ICH guideline S6 (R1) from June 2011 EMA/CHMP/ICH/731268/ 1998 Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) already stated “Conventional approaches to toxicity testing of pharmaceuticals may not be appropriate for biopharmaceuticals due to the unique and diverse structural and biological properties of the latter that may include species specificity, immunogenicity, and unpredicted pleiotropic activities” and is committed to a “flexible, case-by-case, science-based approach to preclinical safety evaluation”. Initial approaches to this are described in the OECD Test Guidelines for new approach methods (NAM) with the newest update released in 2023 and alternative non-animal test guidelines (https://www.icapo.org/test-guidelines) provided from the International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO; https://www.icapo.org). Beyond that, the European Union-funded innovative medicine initiative project Immune Safety Avatar (imSAVAR) decided to develop a systematic and holistic framework for non-clinical safety assessment of biopharmaceuticals and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP); thereby, the consortium focuses on immuno-regulatory therapeutics. Science-based approaches, such as the mechanistic description of adverse outcomes would be essential to demonstrate the safety of a particular new immuno-therapeutic agent. Here, we re-use the concept of adverse outcome pathways (AOP) to capture immune-related adverse outcomes (irAO), which are aimed to guide us to the use of relevant test systems and experiments. Thus, the focus within imSAVAR is on the use and (further) develop-ment of human and alternative models. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb2bfa6d61f443f3b5d2d595519cdfde2025-08-20T02:33:48ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Immunotoxicology1547-691X1547-69012024-12-0121sup1S96S9810.1080/1547691X.2024.2390920Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic frameworkArmin Braun0Susann Dehmel1Department for Preclinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hanover, GermanyDepartment for Preclinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM), Hanover, GermanyThe chances and opportunities in modern biology inspired devising new therapeutics are mind blowing. The promises reach from successfully treating so-far incurable diseases like cancer and certain infections, to modulating and fine tuning the immune response to prolong the lifespan by inhibiting aging. However, as underlying therapies become more and more complex and sophisticated, it becomes increasingly difficult to find ways to ensure and predict the safety of these new therapeutics. The ICH guideline S6 (R1) from June 2011 EMA/CHMP/ICH/731268/ 1998 Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) already stated “Conventional approaches to toxicity testing of pharmaceuticals may not be appropriate for biopharmaceuticals due to the unique and diverse structural and biological properties of the latter that may include species specificity, immunogenicity, and unpredicted pleiotropic activities” and is committed to a “flexible, case-by-case, science-based approach to preclinical safety evaluation”. Initial approaches to this are described in the OECD Test Guidelines for new approach methods (NAM) with the newest update released in 2023 and alternative non-animal test guidelines (https://www.icapo.org/test-guidelines) provided from the International Council on Animal Protection in OECD Programmes (ICAPO; https://www.icapo.org). Beyond that, the European Union-funded innovative medicine initiative project Immune Safety Avatar (imSAVAR) decided to develop a systematic and holistic framework for non-clinical safety assessment of biopharmaceuticals and Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMP); thereby, the consortium focuses on immuno-regulatory therapeutics. Science-based approaches, such as the mechanistic description of adverse outcomes would be essential to demonstrate the safety of a particular new immuno-therapeutic agent. Here, we re-use the concept of adverse outcome pathways (AOP) to capture immune-related adverse outcomes (irAO), which are aimed to guide us to the use of relevant test systems and experiments. Thus, the focus within imSAVAR is on the use and (further) develop-ment of human and alternative models.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1547691X.2024.2390920Adverse outcome pathwayirAOPimSAVARinflammationATMP |
| spellingShingle | Armin Braun Susann Dehmel Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework Journal of Immunotoxicology Adverse outcome pathway irAOP imSAVAR inflammation ATMP |
| title | Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| title_full | Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| title_fullStr | Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| title_short | Using irAOP for non-clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology-derived pharmaceuticals and ATMPs: a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| title_sort | using iraop for non clinical safety evaluation of biotechnology derived pharmaceuticals and atmps a paradigm shift into a systematic and holistic framework |
| topic | Adverse outcome pathway irAOP imSAVAR inflammation ATMP |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/1547691X.2024.2390920 |
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