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The French National Assembly this week approved a proposal that would allow doctors to use less expensive off-label drugs even if an approved therapy exists, a move that drew immediate criticism from Europe’s pharmaceutical industry for placing cost savings over patient safety. Read More
A European public-private partnership is launching a new $4.5 billion decade-long effort to improve the success rate of clinical trials on certain drugs by 30 percent and boost exclusivity to make manufacturing treatments more enticing. Read More
Not all clinical trials need to be registered on clinicaltrials.gov, so sponsors need to understand the specific elements that determine if their trial is applicable to those reporting requirements, an expert says. Read More
Makers of drugs to treat opioid-induced constipation need not conduct further large, long-term cardiovascular outcomes safety trials, an FDA advisory panel tenuously concluded June 12, noting that it may be wiser to require postmarket observational studies. Read More
The Therapeutic Goods Administration is considering adopting 15 EU guidelines relating to drug development, including guidance on biosimilars, lipid disorder therapies and bacterial infections. Read More
Indian generics maker Ranbaxy will pay $2.3 million for selling drugs in Oregon that were manufactured in violation of current good manufacturing practices. Read More
French drugmaker Servier and five generics firms are facing roughly $580 million in fines from European antitrust regulators over an alleged pay-for-delay scheme. Read More
Biologics makers planning new genetically engineered drugs derived from viruses and bacteria need to conduct studies to demonstrate whether their product can inadvertently be transmitted to other patients, the FDA says in new draft guidance. Read More