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Bayer's chloroquine donation to U.S. raises concern about FDA standards in pandemic
16 April 2020 - On March 21, two days after President Donald Trump first touted chloroquine drugs as a “game ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
NICE publishes updated principles
30 January 2020 - NICE has today, 30 January 2020, published a simple guide to the way we develop our guidance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2019
Two words to help Ned Sharpless revolutionise clinical trials: data standards
13 May 2019 - In the classic 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock was given one word of advice ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Feb 2019
Italy proposes the WHO set international standards for drug pricing transparency
14 February 2019 - As more countries seek to control their health care spending, the Italian government is asking the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2019
Identifying the need for good practices in health technology assessment-summary of the ISPOR HTA Council Working Group Report on Good Practices in HTA
26 January 2019 - The systematic use of evidence to inform healthcare decisions, particularly health technology assessment, has gained increased recognition. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2019
Physicians’ perspectives on FDA approval standards and off-label drug marketing
22 January 2019 - Recently, two fundamental aspects of the US FDA’s pharmaceutical market oversight have become controversial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2018
New NICE standards to improve digital health tech uptake
12 December 2018 - NICE has published new standards setting out the requirements needed to develop digital health technologies for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Oct 2018
Advancing toward the goal of global approval for generic drugs: FDA proposes critical first steps to harmonise the global scientific and technical standards for generic drugs
18 October 2018 - Too many Americans struggle with the high cost of drugs. In some cases, patients go without ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Ethics in health technology assessment: a systematic review
9 October 2018 - Integration of ethics into health technology assessment remains challenging for HTA practitioners. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Mar 2018
NICE position statement: chemotherapy dose standardisation
28 February 2018 - NICE has been collaborating with NHS England on the Chemotherapy Dose Standardisation initiative which has been ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2017
In search of a common currency: a comparison of seven EQ-5D-5L value sets
24 October 2017 - The recently published EQ-5D-5L value sets from Canada, England, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Spain, and Uruguay are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2017
The medicines and health products that failed Therapeutic Goods Association testing
26 June 2017 - Dodgy vitamins, contaminated medicines, a flu vaccine that didn't work, ineffective hospital disinfectant and unreliable pregnancy ...