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Black participants make up just 3% in cancer clinical trials, says GlobalData

European Pharmaceutical Review

The report, Clinical Trials – The Importance of Diversity in Clinical Trials , examined data from clinical trials initiated between 1 January 2013 and 16 June 2022. Earlier this year the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published draft guidance to support companies in enrolling more ethnically diverse trial populations.

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US legislative update: takeaways for European pharma

European Pharmaceutical Review

In the current US Congressional session, Congress has focused heavily on legislation directed at reducing prescription drug prices. The new law will also require drug manufacturers to pay rebates to Medicare if they increase drug prices faster than consumer inflation. 5) monitoring access to biosimilars. Senate Bill 562 (S.

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NITROSAMINES: Where now?

European Pharmaceutical Review

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) subsequently developed a liquid chromatography – high resolution mass spectroscopy (LC-HRMS) method for the determination of NDMA in ranitidine. 1,2 The second occurrence of NDMA arising from degradation was in metformin drug product.

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Using RWE in rare disease drug development: effective innovations with historical controls

European Pharmaceutical Review

Rare disease drug development poses unique challenges that can be overcome by using real-world evidence (RWE). Another benefit is that fewer patients are required in clinical trials using HCs, thereby reducing time to trial completion and speeding drug approval. Patel et al.

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Pharmaceutical microbiology: key developments 2022

European Pharmaceutical Review

This also occupies a large resource, given the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requirement for double plate checking using a second ‘independent’ person. The US federal drug GMP regulations that first became official in 1977 and their European counterparts will need to be re-interpreted for this new generation of products.