FDA launches competition to spur innovative technologies to help reduce opioid overdose deaths

19 September 2016 - Contest seeks to stimulate development of a mobile app to connect those experiencing an overdose with the ...

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Fighting antimicrobial resistance globally

7 September 2016 - EMA, FDA and PMDA discuss regulatory approaches for the evaluation of new anti-bacterial agents. ...

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“Adaptive pathways” to drug authorisation: adapting to industry?

16 August 2016 - The evidence for benefits of adaptive pathways to patients and public health is lacking or contradictory, ...

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German body calls for pause in European plan for fast track drug approval

16 August 2016 - Plans by the European Medicines Agency to expand its fast track approach to approving new drugs have ...

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The FDA, Juno Therapeutics, and the ethical imperative of transparency

15 August 2016 - Despite deaths, investigational new drugs are still protected trade secrets of the manufacturer. ...

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Addressing challenges of innovative cancer immunotherapy medicines

16 August 2016 - EMA workshop to discuss treatments based on genetically modified T-cells. ...

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German agency criticizes European program for speeding some drug approvals

15 August 2016 - in pointed remarks, Germany’s cost-effectiveness watchdog has criticized an effort by European regulators to accelerate approval ...

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The future of cardiovascular medicine from the regulatory perspective

10 August 2016 - For many years, the American public and the entire world have benefited from the U.S. FDAs’ regulatory ...

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Adaptive pathways: EMA still leaves open questions unanswered

9 August 2016 - Current EMA report on the pilot project again documents perplexity regarding the use of “real world data”. ...

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Adaptive pathways: key learnings and next steps

3 August 2016 - EMA publishes report on pilot project and will organise workshop in December to further explore concept ...

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New layout for EMA scientific guidelines

2 August 2016 - Improved presentation to help website users. ...

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Development of medicines to treat tuberculosis

1 August 2016 - Comments on draft guidance invited until 31 January 2017. ...

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Modelling and simulation in the development and regulatory review of medicines

29 July 2016 - Comments on new guidance invited until 31 January 2017. ...

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Proposals to revise guidance on first-in-human clinical trials

21 July 2016 - Comments invited on a concept paper on changes intended to support best practices. ...

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Top officials aim to reshape the FDA to prepare for 'avalanche' of cancer products

30 June 2016 - For 20 years, Richard Pazdur has run the office of the FDA charged with evaluating new cancer ...

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