Regulatory information - 1.6% increase in fees from 1 April 2020

1 April 2020 - General, non-pharmacovigilance fees payable to EMA by applicants and marketing-authorisation holders are increasing by 1.6% on ...

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Authorised nurse practitioners now eligible to prescribe certain Highly Specialised Drugs

1 April 2020 - From 1 April 2020, authorised nurse practitioners can prescribe hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV medicines ...

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Expanded access as a source of real‐world data: an overview of FDA and EMA approvals

22 March 2020 - The authors set out to identify, characterise, and compare all FDA and EMA approvals that included real‐world ...

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1 April 2020 price disclosure confirmed prices

31 March 2020 - Confirmed 1 April 2020 prices resulting from the 2020 April cycle of price disclosure have been published ...

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FDA on signing of the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Bill, including landmark over-the-counter drug reform and user fee legislation

30 March 2020 - On Friday, the President signed into law a $2 trillion emergency relief bill that will continue ...

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EMA to issue electronic certificates for medicines

30 March 2020 - EMA has implemented a new system to issue electronic certificates for human and veterinary medicines.  ...

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FDA announces funding opportunity to explore the use of real-world data to generate real-world evidence in regulatory decision making

25 March 2020 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a funding opportunity for projects to support the ...

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Treating COVID-19—off-label drug use, compassionate use, and randomised clinical trials during pandemics

24 March 2020 - In the 2014 Ebola outbreak, close to 30 000 individuals developed Ebola viral disease, and numerous therapies were ...

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New restrictions on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19

24 March 2020 - In recent days there has been considerable focus on the potential for hydroxychloroquine and the similar ...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA provides update on patient access to certain REMS drugs during COVID-19 public health emergency

22 March 2020 - Today, as part of the U.S. FDA’s ongoing efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the agency ...

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Insulin gains new pathway to increased competition

23 March 2020 - Today is a historic day and a landmark moment for patients with diabetes and other serious medical ...

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Determinants of orphan drug prices in Germany

21 March 2020 - Legislation introduced in 2011 in Germany has instituted an early benefit assessment of newly licensed pharmaceuticals with ...

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Limits on dispensing and sales of prescription and over-the-counter medicines

19 March 2020 - In order to ensure equitable access to medicines for all Australians, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia ...

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Limits on dispensing and sales of medicines

19 March 2020 - Medicine supplies in Australia are strong however demand for medicines has increased markedly over the past two ...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) update: FDA focuses on safety of regulated products while scaling back domestic inspections

18 March 2020 - Protecting the health and safety of our staff and their families is of paramount concern to ...

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