Global regulatory workshop on COVID-19 real-world evidence and observational studies

31 July 2020 - Vaccines surveillance and vigilance, collaboration on pregnancy studies and building international patient cohorts were the main ...

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Global regulatory workshop on COVID-19 therapeutics #2: agreement on acceptable outcomes for clinical trials

31 July 2020 - International regulators have published a report today on the acceptability of various primary outcomes in the ...

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Trials of a vaccine and new drug raise hope of beating COVID-19

20 July 2020 - The latest tests with Oxford University’s vaccine, and interferon beta, look promising. ...

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Improving clinical trial enrollment — In the COVID-19 era and beyond

15 July 2020 - More than 3 million people in the United States are known to have been infected with SARS-CoV-2.  ...

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COVID-19 is forcing us to rethink clinical trials for cancer treatments

9 July 2020 - Participation rates were already low, but the pandemic threatens to drive them even lower. ...

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Australian vaccine trial starts today

13 July 2020 - Australian scientists are on track to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine this year, with the start on Monday ...

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International regulators align positions on phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials

9 July 2020 - Medicines regulatory authorities from around the world have published a report today highlighting the outcomes ...

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ISPOR Working Group provides a first-ever cross-stakeholder consensus definition of “Patient Engagement in Research”

 7 July 2020 - Value in Health announced today the publication of results of an ISPOR systematic review and analysis ...

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International regulators provide guiding principles for COVID-19 clinical trials

1 July 2020 - EMA has endorsed a joint statement on prioritisation of COVID-19 clinical trials published by the International ...

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Medicines Australia welcomes support for national harmonisation of clinical trials

30 June 2020 - Medicines Australia welcomes the announcement from the Minister for Health, the Hon Greg Hunt MP, during ...

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Global regulators discuss data requirements for phase 3 trials of COVID-19 vaccines

24 June 2020 - Under the umbrella of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities, international regulators discussed COVID-19 vaccine ...

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Clinical trial costs to develop a new drug may actually be rather modest — or so one study suggests

18 June 2020 - For years, the pharmaceutical industry has maintained that the costs to develop medicines accounts for rising ...

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First drug proves able to improve survival from COVID-19, trial shows

17 June 2020 - A low-cost, widely used anti-inflammatory drug has improved survival in patients with COVID-19, scientists say, the ...

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The Lancet, New England Journal retract COVID-19 studies, including one that raised safety concerns about malaria drugs

4 June 2020 - The Lancet, one of the world’s top medical journals, on Thursday retracted an influential study that ...

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WHO set to resume hydroxychloroquine trial in battle against COVID-19

4 June 2020 - The World Health Organization will resume its trial of hydroxychloroquine for potential use against the coronavirus, its ...

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