Launch of new HMA-EMA catalogues of real world data sources and studies

15 February 2024 - The EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies have launched two public electronic catalogues: one for ...

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FDA issues final guidance on considerations for the use of real world data and real world evidence to support regulatory decision-making for drugs and biological products

30 August 2023 - Today, the US FDA issued a final guidance for industry titled Considerations for the Use of Real-World ...

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Facilitating review of real world data studies: the oncology QCARD initiative

27 June 2023 - Expanding ways to generate evidence can lead to an array of benefits for medical product development, including ...

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Use of real world evidence in regulatory decision making – EMA publishes review of its studies

23 June 2023 - Real world evidence from studies led by regulators can complement evidence from other sources including clinical trials.  ...

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Health Canada’s position on the CADTH guidance for reporting RWE to support decision-making

18 May 2023 - Canada’s CADTH collaborated with Health Canada and other stakeholders to develop the guidance for reporting real world ...

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DARWIN EU has completed its first studies and is calling for new data partners

28 March 2023 - DARWIN EU, the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network, has accomplished its first year of establishment. ...

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Replacing RCTs with real world data for regulatory decision-making: a self-fulfilling prophecy?

2 March 2023 - Real world data are advocated as an alternative approach to randomised clinical trials for closing knowledge gaps ...

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FDA’s new real world evidence program offers early agency feedback

21 December 2022 - The US FDA is aiming to improve the quality of real world evidence used in regulatory ...

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DARWIN EU welcomes first data partners

23 November 2022 - EMA has selected the first set of  data partners to collaborate with DARWIN EU, the Data Analysis ...

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Advancing real world evidence program

19 October 2022 - As announced in the Federal Register notice published on 20 October 2022, the FDA is conducting an ...

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High quality data to empower data-driven medicines regulation in the European Union

10 October 2022 - EMA and the Heads of Medicines Agencies in the EU Member States are moving ahead with ...

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FDA finalises guidance on submitting RWD/RWE in application cover letters

13 September 2022 - To help better track submissions that include real world data and real world evidence, the US ...

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Submitting documents using real world data and real world evidence to FDA for drug and biological products

8 September 2022 - To facilitate FDA’s internal tracking of submissions to the Agency that include real world data and real ...

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Clinical trials: real world data plays early role in efforts to increase diversity

5 September 2022 - The use of real world data to help design clinical trials is nothing new but increasingly it ...

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Reproducibility of real world evidence studies using clinical practice data to inform regulatory and coverage decisions

31 August 2022 - Studies that generate real world evidence on the effects of medical products through analysis of digital data ...

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