The Heads of Medicines Agencies - European Medicines Agency (HMA - EMA) Big Data Steering Group is organizing the 3rd EU Big Data Stakeholders Forum on Thursday, 1 December 2022. The objectives of the meeting are: Inform stakeholders on the delivery of data...
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EMA’s Draft ICH Guideline M12 on drug interaction studies is open for public consultation
In clinical practice, patients are often prescribed more than one drug which can result in a drug-drug interaction (DDI). The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published the “Draft International Council for Harmonisation (ICH) Guideline M12 on drug interaction...
HMA – EMA 3rd EU Big Data Stakeholder Forum
The Heads of Medicines Agencies - European Medicines Agency (HMA - EMA) Big Data Steering Group is organizing the 3rd EU Big Data Stakeholders Forum on Thursday, 1 December 2022. The objectives of the meeting are: Inform stakeholders on the delivery of data...
EMA’s raw data proof-of-concept pilot for industry
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has launched a pilot project to i) assess whether the analysis of ‘raw data’ from clinical trials by regulatory authorities improves the evaluation of marketing authorisation applications (MAAs) for new medicines as well as...
General Clinical Pharmacology Considerations for Neonatal Studies for Drugs and Biological Products Guidance for Industry
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently published a guidance on neonatal clinical pharmacology studies. This guidance is intended to assist sponsors of investigational new drug applications (INDs) as well as applicants of new drug applications...
Current State of Paediatric Reference Intervals and the Importance of Correctly Describing the Biochemistry of Child Development: A Review
Good paediatric biomarkers are critical for the decision-making process in child healthcare. However, reference intervals used in pediatric care today remain highly inconsistent across a broad range of common clinical biomarkers. This review paper assessed...
EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorization to the first gene therapy to treat Haemophilia A
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Roctavian (valoctocogene roxaparvovec) for the treatment of severe haemophilia A in adults who do not have factor VIII inhibitors and no...
EMA has recommended granting marketing authorisation to the first three therapies for Rare Disorders in the European Union
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Xenpozyme (olipudase alfa), Upstaza (eladocagene exuparvovec) and a marketing authorisation under exceptional circumstances for Zokinvy (lonafarnib). ...
New EPTRI newsletter is out!
We are pleased to launch our March newsletter. In 2022 we will continue to advance paediatric research initiatives. We have several exciting news: our podcast that will present all EPTRI’s activities and opportunities, our new website and Twitter account, new...
The Active Citizenship Network has organized some interesting initiatives focused on health in April and May 2022
1) XVI European Patients’ Rights Day 2022. The "Conference on the Future of a Healthy Europe: Taking part in the decision-making process on health priorities” will be held on April 20th–21st 2022 from 14:30 to 16:00 CEST. The aim is to provide a multi-stakeholder...