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Latest News | 13 December 2012

2012: The Year of the Patient Registry?

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Patient groups, regulatory agencies and companies are increasingly finding use in the establishment of patient registries—databases of patient data usually specific to a particular disease, and often Read More...


Latest News | 21 September 2012

FDA Plans to Evaluate Risk-Benefit Paradigms for 20 Disease Areas

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning a meeting to discuss the agency's patent-focused drug development initiative, an attempt to identify neglected or under-served diseases with an Read More...


Latest News | 13 June 2012

Blood Product Guidance Amended to Reflect New Disease Transmission Risks

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new guidance detailing how sponsors should include additional warnings on their products to reduce the risk of the transmission of Read More...


Latest News | 12 April 2012

After Flu Concerns, Regulators Look to Issue Guidelines on 'Dual Use' Preclinical Studies

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International healthcare bodies are looking to issue guidelines on ‘dual use’ research on potentially hazardous materials and diseases after a researcher sent shockwaves through the medical community Read More...


Regulatory Update | 5 April 2012

Europe: European Medicines Agency Adopts Two Alzheimers Biomarkers

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Under a voluntary new scientific pathway, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) adopted two innovative biomarkers for use in the development of new medications for Alzheimers submitted by Bristol-Myers Read More...


Latest News | 22 March 2012

DHHS Looks to Social Media for Warning Signals

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A new US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) initiative is looking to use social media tools—specifically the micro-blogging website Twitter—to provide the agency with advanced signals to Read More...


Latest News | 16 March 2012

Shire Pulls BLA Submission After FDA Demands More Clinical Trials

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Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Shire withdrew its Biologics License Application (BLA) for Fabry drug Replagal (agalsidase alfa) after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicated that the Read More...


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