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Sponsors seeking EU authorization to market fixed-dose drug combinations should conduct multiarm, randomized, controlled trials comparing the FDC with its individual components, the European Medicines Agency says. Read More
Devicemakers that want to ensure enough women participate in their clinical trials should set a clear and prespecified goal and stick to it, experts say. Read More
Sponsors considering whether to use an adaptive clinical trial design should select a number of realistic scenarios and determine how likely each is to succeed with a particular adaptive design, the FDA says. Read More
The FDA is asking clinical investigators who sponsor trials to submit many of the elements that a commercial sponsor would include in an investigational new drug application. Read More
The European Medicines Agency Wednesday released final guidance on the primary and secondary endpoints sponsors should use to evaluate drugs to treat acute heart failure — along with recommendations on designing and conducting such studies in children. Read More
The FDA has issued draft guidance spelling out in detail how to prepare and submit an IND if the sponsor is an investigator and not a commercial entity — saying sponsor-investigators often lack the regulatory know-how to submit a proper IND. Read More
Sponsors seeking EU authorization to market fixed-dose drug combinations should conduct multiarm, randomized, controlled trials comparing the FDC with its individual components, the European Medicines Agency says. Read More
The European Medicines Agency is revising the way drugmakers conduct studies of drugs to treat blood clots, for the first time separating out the clinical requirements for different types of clots. Read More
Pharma sponsorship of head-to-head trials comparing two drugs for the same indication may present a serious conflict of interest, a group of American and Italian researchers says. Read More
The European Medicines Agency has rejected calls from industry to use biosimilar reference products from outside the EU unless they are justified using pharmacokinetic tests. Read More
While overall survival remains the desired endpoint in treating non-small cell lung cancer, progression-free survival may suffice as the primary endpoint, the FDA says. Read More
The FDA is advising devicemakers that plan to support a premarket submission with data from clinical studies conducted outside the U.S. to meet with the agency before finalizing their trial designs. Read More