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Orphan Drug Designations –  Are the EMA and FDA looking for the same Information?
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Orphan Drug Designations – Are the EMA and FDA looking for the same Information?

Whilst working on a recent European application for an Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) for a rare neurological condition that was being made to the EMA, I noticed that ...
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Common Pitfalls of RECIST 1.1 Application in Clinical Trials
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Common Pitfalls of RECIST 1.1 Application in Clinical Trials

Revised Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumours (RECIST 1.1) came into effect in 2009 in order to address the issues and limitations of RECIST 1.0. While RECIST...
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Supplier Qualification: A Review
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Supplier Qualification: A Review

It is a GMP requirement to certify the vendor to deliver high quality and safe medicines, and to prevent recalls, deaths, adverse events, and serious illness due to s...
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Device Integration in Clinical Research – A Fad or the Future?
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Device Integration in Clinical Research – A Fad or the Future?

Nowhere is the advance of technology felt more acutely than in the field of healthcare and clinical research. The very future of the industry relies on ever-more inte...
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