Regulatory

The rise of new drugs targeting rare disease ignites increased push for flexible R&D approaches and more collaboration on orphan drug designation and clinical trial design between global regulators.

The language in Europe's Regulation (EU) 536/2014 regarding ethical review of protocols is concerning.

European Parliament has voted through a resolution criticizing the performance of drug companies on pediatric medicines development. This resolution will punish drug companies who neglect to investigate possible pediatric applications of new medicines.

With a new administration in Washington, sponsors and regulators are weighing several initiatives that promise to reshape clinical research policies.

Months of rumblings across Europe that the scheme to promote orphan drugs is being abused by drug firms to maximize profit instead of innovation have been heard. Those rumblings have now turned into shouts.

While approved in 2014, Europe's new regulation governing clinical studies is set to take effect in May-leaving interested parties only six more months to prepare for its arrival.

The country’s introduction of a new legal framework has it in sync with European law on clinical research.

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Ben Rotz, Director of Medical Transparency at Eli Lilly & Company discusses TransCelerate’s Data Transparency Initiative and position paper regarding patient data de-Identification and anonymization.

With patents for many NBCDs soon to expire, the need for regulatory guidance regarding follow-on versions of these products is crucial.

Understanding the benefits of this application route in helping companies withstand the hit of patent expiries.

Organized by country and topic area, the site also allows users to compare the requirements of two countries side-by-side.

The European Medicines Agency's public consultation on yet another aspect of transparency on clinical trials data has elicited further critical comment about excessive official secrecy.

This week, I attended CBI’s Expanded Access Programs conference in Philadelphia.

This month, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of data sharing from pharmaceutical companies to researchers.

The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice says proposed restrictive access to clinical data would impede further progress in health research.

The European Union's struggle to bring its data protection rules into the 21st century continues...

In back-to-back announcements, Boehringer Ingelheim and Bayer HealthCare announced their pathway to allow access of clinical trial data to qualified researchers.

Although a broad compromise was reached in late December on the future shape of the European Union's clinical trials rules, there are still many details to be resolved.

Making clinical research data more widely available creates both opportunities and risks.

Compliance with reporting clinical trial results is low, and an even larger opportunity is being missed.