New Center of Excellence for Regulatory Science proposed by FDA

FDA commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg launched a new initiative to innovate regulatory science so that it can keep pace with the evolution of biomedical research.  New pilot and feasibility studies are proposed to investigate early drug safety and efficacy.  In...

Australian TGA adopts ICH M3(R2) Nonclinical Guidance

The Australian TGA has adopted the EU Guidance on Nonclinical Safety Studies for the Conduct of Human Clinical Trials and Marketing Authorization for Pharmaceuticals (ICH M3(R2)bb).  The effective date was November 5, 2010. سباق الخيل مباشر    The purpose of this...

New FDA Transparency Impacts Drug Safety

In the FDA’s effort to make both its decisions and clinical trial data more transparent to the public, Agency decisions have become more available for public debate.  Sophisticated analyses (increasingly by third parties) of publically available data may present...

How to ensure the long-term safety of chronic use drugs?

Drug safety may be underestimated for chronic-use drugs. does revolution have ivermectin in it  The FDA has placed more resources and requirements in evaluating drugs premarket than it does in monitoring what happens to patients after years of taking a medication. ...

Why is naming a drug so difficult?

In February 2010 the FDA published “Guidance for Industry on the Contents of a Complete Submission for the Evaluation of Proprietary Names” (Guidance), which describes in detail the FDA’s evaluation methodology for proposed proprietary drug names.  By carefully...

Blockbuster Drug Potential: Importance of Risk Management

Prior to drug approval, a potential new drug is usually subjected to the scrutiny of an expert advisory panel, selected by the FDA, who recommend whether or not the product should be marketed.   These recommendations are non-binding.  Industry analysts looked at...