- Before
- Owns 29 open items across 4 products and 8 agencies. “I'm not worried about the PMRs in the letter. I'm worried about the thing we said in a meeting in May.”
- Now
- Sees every date owed on one timeline, each linked to its page; the promise in the minutes is found for him, and he signs it on in one step.
Three FDA letters, and the promise nobody tracked
Northwind Bio has four marketed products — Veltrimab, Corventa, Talmirex and Nexarin, inherited from Halden Therapeutics — and 29 open items with 8 health authorities. On October 7, three new FDA letters are waiting. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 01October 7, morning
Every date owed to an agency, on one timeline
Omar Haddad · Regulatory leadOmar's home screen is a timeline by product: requirements as circles, commitments and promises as squares, coloured at risk, watch, on track or later. He clicks the red one on Veltrimab. PMC 4512-6, re-evaluate the HMW species limits, is due Oct 31 — 24 days away — and only 21 of the 30 commercial lots have been made. The panel shows where the date comes from: the approval letter for BLA 761412, page 2, in FDA's own words.
“Every date links to the page it came from.”
- 02One click
“Read 3 new letters” — five steps, in view
The agentsThe Correspondence Reader classifies the S-008 supplement approval for Veltrimab, the fulfilment letter for Corventa PMR 3990-1 and the Type B minutes for Corventa. The Commitment Extractor finds 6 items with their page and exact words and sets a standing reminder aside. The Change & Duplicate Checker sorts them: 4 new, 1 change to CMT-101, PMR 3990-1 fulfilled.
“Proposed dates are on the timeline, dashed. Nothing is final until you sign.”
- 03Seconds later
A new paediatric study, its protocol due in nine months
Commitment ExtractorThe S-008 approval for Crohn's disease brings PMR 4512-7, a PREA study in patients 6 to 17 years old: final protocol 06/2027, study completion 06/2030, final report 12/2030. It lands on Veltrimab's lane as a dashed, proposed date, owners Omar Haddad and Dr. Maya Chen. On Corventa, two promises from the Type B minutes appear the same way: a revised SAP for CRV-402 by Dec 15, and a paediatric formulation bridging plan with the next annual report.
“Proposed · waiting for your signature”
- 04Because of the new approval
Promises outside approval letters
Promise FinderA new Veltrimab approval makes the Promise Finder re-read the product's 63 minutes and responses on file, discussion included. The panel lists the 5 promises it finds in minutes and responses: two Health Canada responses already on the timeline as CMT-111 and CMT-308, the two new Corventa promises — and one from a Type C meeting that was never tracked.
“Never tracked · filed Jun 19”
- 05Page 2, Question 3
Shipping validation, due March 31, 2027 — in nobody's tracker
Promise FinderIn the Type C minutes for the Veltrimab prefilled syringe, the sponsor's promise sits in the discussion of Question 3, not in the action items. The minutes were filed in June with no timeline entry. Omar sees the exact sentence, the page, the date highlighted and the proposed owners: himself and Lena Ortiz, the CMC owner.
“The sponsor agreed to submit a shipping validation report for the 200 mg/mL prefilled syringe … to the BLA by March 31, 2027.”
- 06One signature
He adds it with the meaning of his signature
Omar Haddad · Regulatory lead“Add to the timeline” opens the promise with its due date fixed by the minutes, the functional owner — Lena Ortiz — and the meaning of the signature: “I approve this timeline entry”. The alerts are already scheduled and the minutes stay linked as the source. The Promise Finder only proposes; nothing reaches the timeline without his signature.
“Alerts are scheduled at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before Mar 31, 2027.”
- 07Signed
CMT-116 is on the timeline; Lena hears 90 days ahead
Omar Haddad · Regulatory leadThe promise becomes CMT-116, a solid square on Veltrimab's lane, Pending, with the Type C minutes as its source. The count of open items goes from 29 to 30. Lena Ortiz is notified as owner, and the signature is on the activity trail.
“CMT-116 is on the timeline · Lena Ortiz notified · alerts set”
- 08The S-008 letter
Each item confirmed, edited or rejected — then signed
Omar Haddad · Regulatory leadThe letter opens beside what the agents found, each with its page and confidence: PMR 4512-7 at 97%, the change to the long-term remission registry at 94% with the old and new wording side by side, and PMC 4512-8 for a drug-tolerant ADA assay. The distribution reporting reminder is set aside as not a commitment. Omar decides each item and signs; the change to CMT-101 also goes to Dana Okafor in compliance for countersignature.
“A change to an existing commitment also goes to Dana Okafor (compliance) for countersignature. The original wording stays in the record history.”
- 09The one that will slip
Internal targets missed months before the agency date
Deadline MonitorOn CMT-106 the Deadline Monitor has raised a slip: 25 lots released was planned for Jun 30, 30 lots for Aug 31, the data review for Sep 30 — all missed. The 30th lot is planned for Feb 2027, so Oct 31 cannot be met. “Request a new date” drafts the reason in the agency's terms; the new date needs Omar's signature and Dana Okafor's countersignature.
“Internal targets from the owner's plan are shown with the agency date — they slip first.”
- 1074 days before it is due
The annual status table, drafted and cited
Status Reporter · Sam PatelVeltrimab's BLA 761412 reaches its approval anniversary on Oct 21, so its status report under 21 CFR 601.70 is due Dec 20. The Status Reporter writes one row for each of the 6 requirements and commitments — original and current schedule, the agency status category and an explanation with its evidence. PMC 4512-6 goes in as Delayed. Sam Patel reviews; Omar signs.
“Every status uses the agency's words; every explanation cites its evidence.”