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FDA takes aim at pharma’s biosimilar-delaying tactics
12 December 2018 - Ever-rising cost of insulins also to be targeted. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2018
Statement from FDA Commissioner on FDA’s new strategic framework to advance use of real-world evidence to support development of drugs and biologics
6 December 2018 - The health care system is integrating more effective ways to leverage electronic tools to gather and use ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2018
FDA publishes post CRL guidance for generic companies
4 December 2018 - The US FDA has published final guidance for the generics industry on post-complete response letter meetings. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2018
FDA announces pilot program with WHO to expedite review of HIV drug applications
30 November 2018 - The U.S. FDA today announced a plan to work with the WHO to pilot a process to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2018
No matter what the FDA decides, new diabetes drugs will still require CV outcomes trials
6 November 2018 - At one time, Avandia (generic name: rosiglitazone) was a major diabetes drug for GSK with sales exceeding ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2018
Edge in U.S. cancer drug development spurred by regulatory and reimbursement policies
22 October 2018 - It is presumed that anticipated regulatory and reimbursement policies are important considerations in the research and development ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2018
Statement by FDA Commissioner on FDA’s new steps to modernise drug development, improve efficiency and promote innovation of targeted therapies
15 October 2018 - The FDA continues to advance new policies, modernise our programs and advance opportunities for developing more targeted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2018
CDER conversation: complex innovative trial designs
25 September 2018 - Complex innovative trial designs – including the use of adaptive, Bayesian, and other novel statistical approaches ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Sep 2018
Chinese drug maker clarifies development strategy for bringing cancer drug to the U.S. market
26 September 2018 - It’s no secret that major biopharmaceutical companies have had designs on the China drug market as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2018
Cost of clinical trials for new drug FDA approval are fraction of total tab
24 September 2018 - Clinical trials that support FDA approvals of new drugs have a median cost of $19 million, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Sep 2018
Harvard Professor's attack on pharma's clinical trials is absurd
18 September 2018 - Dr. Marcia Angell, a senior lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the first woman to serve as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2018
Antimicrobial resistance: FDA discusses reimbursement reforms
17 September 2018 - Reimbursement reforms for antimicrobial treatments could include “a mix of milestone payments and subscription fees for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2018
Endocyte announces FDA acceptance of radiographic progression free survival as an alternative primary endpoint of the VISION trial in addition to overall survival
10 September 2018 - Demonstrating benefit in rPFS versus control, with no detriment to OS, sufficient for full approval. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Sep 2018
The path to the first FDA approved cannabis-derived treatment and what comes next
5 September 2018 - Harvard neurologist Elizabeth Thiele is only half-kidding about the surprising direction her research has taken. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Aug 2018
Choice of control group in randomised trials of cancer medicine: are we testing trivialities?
31 August 2018 - Several trials in cancer medicine over the past 5 years share two common features: first, they were ...