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The future of medical cannabis development in Europe

European Pharmaceutical Review

It is estimated that only one in 10 drugs that enter Phase I trials are subsequently licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology. Plant cannabinoids: a neglected pharmacological treasure trove. British journal of pharmacology. 2005 Dec;146(7):913-5. Mechoulam R.

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Patents: a necessary evil?

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently expressed concern to the US PTO about some types of innovator patent strategies that potentially delay generic entry into the market. FDA highlighted that over three quarters of new patents in the Orange Book between 2005 and 2015 were assigned to existing drugs.

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Paving the way for anti-Abeta active immunotherapy

European Pharmaceutical Review

Limitations of monoclonal antibody therapies Regulatory approvals from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for aducanumab and lecanemab – and likely very soon for donanemab also – opened a route for different therapeutic modalities and other relevant disease targets, such as tau.