Keyword: Clinical Trials

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Ending Drug Trial Secrecy Is a Boon for R&D, Says EU Agency

22.10.2013 - Europe's medicines regulator has come out fighting for greater transparency for clinical trials, arguing that its controversial policy to end data secrecy will be "a boon to drug...

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Sanofi’s Chris Viehbacher: EU’s Drug Data Stance Threatens Investment

25.06.2013 - The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) decision to release detailed data on drugs once a medicine is approved could discourage critical investment in crisis-hit Europe, Sanofi's...

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U.S. Launch of Novo's New Insulin Faces Long Delay

01.05.2013 - Denmark's Novo Nordisk could see the U.S. launch of its biggest drug hope, a new long-acting insulin, delayed until 2018 while it conducts more tests to satisfy regulators, it said...

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Court Stops EU Regulator Releasing Drug Company Data

30.04.2013 - Europe's medicines regulator has been stopped from releasing clinical trial data about drugs made by AbbVie and Intermune, following a court ruling favouring the two U.S. companies...

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New Gene Therapy Trials Aim to Mend Broken Hearts

30.04.2013 - British scientists are stepping up clinical tests of gene therapy in a bid to help people with advanced heart failure pump blood more efficiently. Researchers said on Tuesday they...

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Roche to Release All Tamiflu Drug Data

05.04.2013 - After a lengthy fight, Swiss drugmaker Roche said it had agreed to hand over data from all clinical trials of its best-selling flu drug Tamiflu to a group of outside researchers...

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Switzerland's Roche Pledges to Open Up Access to Drug Data

26.02.2013 - Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding has agreed to expand access to its clinical trial data as the pharmaceutical industry faces calls for greater transparency on scientific data. The...

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FDA Halts Trials of Amgen Drug in Children, Cites Death

26.02.2013 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it has stopped all pediatric clinical trials of Amgen's Sensipar after the death of a 14-year-old patient taking part in a...