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Speaking of Medicine – Mid-Year OPDP Enforcement Review

Eye on FDA

There are two means of gaining insight into the agency’s thinking about regulatory issues related to promotional communications by pharmaceutical companies; one is through the issuance of guidance documents, the other is through enforcement. But when it comes to enforcement things have changed greatly over the years.

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Reality Bites: Disappointment in the R&D Sector

Pharmaceutical Technology

When TS Eliot said humankind cannot stand very much reality, he obviously did not consider the virtual kind which is now heralded as the key for curing and preventing disease and picked as the potential lifeline for R&D in the pharmaceutical industry. “There is a real threat the pharmaceutical R&D industry could move offshore.”

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Primate models in pharma: What the future holds

Pharmaceutical Technology

This is to ensure patient safety, as outlined in The Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004. Current regulations for preclinical research In the UK, current regulation requires that all new medicines and vaccines be tested on animal models in preclinical studies, before being tested in humans in clinical trials.