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US FDA Ahead Of Canada, Europe In Drug-Approval Race (Fri, 18 May 2012)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) generally approves drug therapies faster and earlier than its counterparts in Canada and Europe, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers. The study counters perceptions that the drug approval process in the United States is especially slow. Led by second-year medical student Nicholas Downing and senior author Joseph S. Ross, M...
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Expert Group Recommend That World Health Assembly Should Adopt An International Convention On Global Health R&D (Wed, 16 May 2012)
The expert working group advising WHO on research and development has recommended the May 2012 World Health Assembly adopt an international convention on research and development (R&D) that will bind member states to action and catalyze new knowledge for diseases that primarily affect the global poor but for which patents provide insufficient market incentives...
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The New Pharmacovigilance Legislation Will Impact US And European Drug Manufacturers (Fri, 11 May 2012)
The Pharmacovigilance Legislation Will Come into Effect in July As the European Medicines Agency's new PV (pharmacovigilance) Legislation implementation date of July 2012 approaches, US and European pharmaceutical and biotech companies need to ask themselves if they are ready for the changes that lie ahead, says Paul Beninger, MD, FACP, Vice President, Global Patient Safety, Genzyme...
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