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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Statement from FDA Commissioner on agency’s efforts to encourage the development of and broaden access to generic versions of opioid analgesics that are formulated to deter abuse

20 July 2018 - One of the ways that the U.S. FDA is working to address the opioid epidemic is ...

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FDA provides scientific and regulatory clarity for generic drug developers through the issuance of 43 new or revised product-specific guidance documents, including hard-to-copy complex generics and abuse-deterrent formulations of opioids

20 July 2018 - The U.S. FDA today announced a new batch of product-specific guidances to support industry in identifying ...

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EMA’s proactive publication of clinical data a success

16 July 2018 - First report on unprecedented transparency policy shows high user satisfaction. ...

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Modernising the orphan designation process

19 June 2018 - The EMA has launched a new secure online portal for orphan designationExternal link icon applications. ...

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Clinical trial participants’ views of the risks and benefits of data sharing

7 June 2018 - Sharing of participant-level clinical trial data has potential benefits, but concerns about potential harms to research participants ...

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EMA publishes agenda for 28-31 May CHMP meeting

28 May 2018 - The EMA has published a draft agenda for this week's CHMP meeting. ...

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Janssen questions literature review on biosimilar switching studies as authors defend it

22 May 2018 - Three employees of Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals, which has not publicly disclosed that it is ...

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Requiring prices in drug ads: would it do any good? Is it even legal?

19 May 2018 - A commercial for Neulasta, a drug that reduces the risk of infections after chemotherapy. If President Trump ...

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FDA looking at ways to include price info in drug ads, Gottlieb says, as questions loom

18 May 2018 - The commissioner of the FDA, Scott Gottlieb, said a proposal to have pharmaceutical companies include drug ...

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FDA explores requiring drug price disclosures in commercials

15 May 2018 - Drug companies on Tuesday claimed the Trump administration may not have the legal authority to make ...

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FDA to name companies accused of hindering generic drug development

14 May 2018 - On Thursday, the FDA plans to start publishing the names of pharmaceutical companies that have been ...

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