The international humanitarian body Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has written to the Indian prime minister,
Dr Manmohan Singh
, expressing concern that the EU-India free trade agreement, which will have its sixth negotiating round in Brussels in ...
The plenary session at the Drug Information Association’s Euromeeting in Monaco this week took the curious form of an enforced debate on pharmaceutical R&D productivity between representatives from the industry and regulatory authorities.
The motion ...
The US FDA has issued two new draft guidance documents regarding clinical trial designs: Guidance for Industry: Adaptive Design Clinical Trials for Drugs and Biologics, and Guidance for Industry: Non-inferiority Clinical Trials.
The guidances, ...
Takeda has given further details of two new in-house projects in early clinical development in the oncology area, which signal its increasing research emphasis on this therapeutic sector.
The Japanese firm is looking to build up its presence in ...
A US federal advisory panel has released six recommendations concerning gene patents. Most significantly, the panel advises that Congress exempt gene patents from infringement liability in certain areas, specifically by limiting the ability of ...