FDA advances new efforts to promote development of safe and effective regenerative medicine products

15 February 2019 - Today, the FDA finalised two guidance documents regarding regenerative medicine therapies.  ...

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J&J becomes first drug maker to add prices to television ads

8 February 2019 - Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday it will start adding the price of its medicines to ...

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FDA is urged to mandate disclosure of clinical trial summaries as pilot program stalls

16 January 2019 - One year after the FDA launched a voluntary pilot program to release clinical study reports, which ...

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Revised guideline aims to strengthen global approach to development of new antibacterial medicines

14 January 2019 - EMA has published a PDF revision of its guideline on the evaluation of human medicines ...

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FDA advances new scientific framework to promote greater predictability, efficiency in oncology drug development

19 December 2018 - Today, the U.S. FDA issued guidance, Clinical Trial Endpoints for the Approval of Cancer Drugs and ...

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Highlights from the CHMP 10-13 December 2018 meeting

14 December 2018 - EMA’s CHMP recommended seven medicines for approval at its December 2018 meeting. ...

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Drug prices on ads: as ‘relevant’ as percent daily value on food labels

9 November 2018 - President Trump announced late last month that his administration will push back on high drug costs ...

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Congratulations. Your study went nowhere.

23 September 2018 - Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that ...

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TGA annual performance statistics report: July 2017 to June 2018

27 September 2018 - The statistics contained within this report cover the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018, ...

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To include or not include drug prices in DTC advertisements

24 September 2018 - For quite some time, consumer groups, patient advocates, and even several medical professional societies have called ...

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FDA proposes stiff fines for failing to report clinical trials

20 September 2018 - Pharmaceutical companies could face penalties of up to US$10,000 per day. ...

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Compliance with requirement to report results on the EU Clinical Trials Register: cohort study and web resource

12 September 2018 - Following the 2012 EC guideline, sponsors must ensure that all trials registered on EUCTR since 2004 disclose ...

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FDA mandated listing of drug prices in ads would flunk legal and constitutional tests

27 August 2018 - We've read with amusement the recent, overblown claims of some constitutional-law commentators and even U.S. Supreme Court ...

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Statement by FDA Commissioner on new steps to advance the development of evidence-based, indication-specific guidelines to help guide appropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics

22 August 2018 - As we all work to confront the staggering human and economic toll created by the opioid crisis, ...

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FDA publishes list of surrogate outcomes used in drug approvals

25 July 2018 - The US FDA on Wednesday published a list of surrogate outcomes to help inform drug developer ...

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