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FDA Approves Novel Non-Opioid Treatment for Moderate to Severe Acute Pain

LifeProNow

This action and the agencys designations to expedite the drugs development and review underscore FDAs commitment to approving safe and effective alternatives to opioids for pain management. Journavx is contraindicated for concomitant use with strong CYP3A inhibitors.

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New UK drug delivery centre to support RNA therapeutic development

European Pharmaceutical Review

The new Intracellular Drug Delivery Centre CPI’s Intracellular Drug Delivery Centre will help predict the stability, efficacy, performance and any potential adverse reactions of RNA vaccines and therapeutics.

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How can evidence-based medicine (EBM) methodology support drug withdrawals?

European Pharmaceutical Review

Withdrawing drugs over safety concerns requires careful analysis of the health benefits and risks by regulators. 1 But while data on adverse reactions is rightly used to help with these decisions, there is currently no additional modelling on the positive impact regulatory action could have on public health. Study focus.

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How using AI in clinical trials accelerates drug development

Pharmaceutical Technology

Drug development is already a difficult endeavor, with the vast majority of R&D efforts failing to produce a market-worthy product. Even reaching the clinical trial phase offers no guarantees, as only 12% of such drugs receive U.S. While this process is essential, it’s also slow, expensive and unpredictable.

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Pharmacovigilance deep dive: risk minimisation measures

European Pharmaceutical Review

This can be achieved by reducing the burden of adverse reactions or by optimising benefits through patient selection (eg, contraindications, recommendations of use, warnings, concomitant medicine[s], or certain test parameters) and treatment management (eg, specific dosing regimen, relevant testing, patient follow-up).

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EC grants approval for BMS’ Opdualag to treat melanoma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, rash, arthralgia diarrhoea and pruritus among others were found to be the most prevalent adverse reactions in the trial. Additionally, no new safety events linked to the combination treatment were reported versus nivolumab monotherapy. Opdualag is a fixed-dose combination of nivolumab and relatlimab.

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How to Run DMC? It’s Tricky – FDA’s New Draft Guidance Provides Updated Recommendations on How to Best Use Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

As a final example, current regulations require a sponsor of an investigational medical device to report to FDA (and others) “unanticipated” adverse events, which are defined in part as “serious,” and sponsors of investigational drugs to report to FDA serious and unexpected suspected adverse reactions.