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How much does it cost to research and develop a new drug? A systematic review and assessment
15 October 2021 - Debate over the viability of the current commercial research and development model is on-going. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2021
Canada should negotiate a fairer share of drug R&D costs
23 September 2021 - Instead of relying on price regulation, Canada should engage in negotiations about drug pricing. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2021
FDA guidance says sponsors should provide 'convincing' proof of concept data to support INDs for individualised medicine
26 April 2021 - Recent draft guidance from the US FDA addresses the non-clinical safety data to support investigational new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2021
Cancer researcher David Thomas says more should be done attract big pharma
18 April 2021 - A Garvan Institute cancer researcher says the government needs to attract big pharmaceutical companies to Australia ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2021
MHRA pilot seeks evidence of patient involvement in R&D
25 March 2021 - The UK MHRA has begun a pilot project to encourage patient involvement in drug development, asking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2021
Bright side of the moonshots
25 March 2021 - COVID-19 has brought together biomedical technologies that will transform human health. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Mar 2021
Taxpayers fund research and drug companies make a fortune
24 March 2021 - The pharmaceutical industry doesn’t want things to change, but Americans can have both lower prices and innovation. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jan 2021
Funding of pharmaceutical innovation during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
14 January 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the available mechanisms for funding research, development, manufacturing, and distribution in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2020
Development of COVID-19 vaccine won’t be affected by politics, Pfizer CEO says
1 October 2020 - Albert Bourla sent an all-hands letter saying company won’t bow to political pressure. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2020
Some good news on COVID-19
9 September 2020 - The virus seems to generate a robust and fairly long-lasting immune response. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Sep 2020
COVID-19 vaccine development
9 September 2020 - Australia’s COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatment Strategy supports early access to, and delivery of, safe and effective COVID-19 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2020
This is a heart drug that the world doesn’t need
27 August 2020 - Twenty years ago, perhaps the hottest area of drug research was on a class of compounds called ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2020
Australian start-ups push for bigger role in vaccine making
9 August 2020 - An Australian startup racing to develop a successful coronavirus vaccine has urged the federal government to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2020
Italy becomes first country to require pharma to disclose public funding for R&D costs
6 August 2020 - Amid growing clamour for more transparency from the pharmaceutical industry, Italy has become the first country ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 May 2020
CSL Behring Australia commences development of treatment for serious cases of COVID-19
6 May 2020 - Plasma-derived therapeutic with potential to treat serious complications of COVID-19. ...