Pharmaceutical News and Updates

  • A Study from EAHC on the EU Pharmaceutical Market Outlook in the Next 5 Years

      We are happy to publish the results of an EAHC sponsored study on the EU pharmaceutical market outlook for the next 5 years, as we believe it presents some interesting scenarios. Here are some…

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  • New GVP Guideline on Vaccines

      The new Guideline on the Pharmacovigilance of Vaccines against infectious agents has been released for comments from Industry, healthcare professionals, patients’ organisations. The final release is planned for Q4 2013. We have summarised below, for…

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  • EMA Work Program for 2013

      by, Simon Ruini 13 March 2013 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has just released the work program for 2013. The executive director Guido Rasi stated that the Agency will pursue the following priority areas,…

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  • GVP Audit, Module IV

      The final version of EMA’s Module IV, regarding Pharmacovigilance Audits, came into effect 13 December 2012. There were several relevant changes to the draft version and we have listed them below: IV.B.2. It is…

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  • Talent gap, a research from PWC

    A talent gap in the scientific workforce has biopharmaceutical companies searching outside for fresh skills and alternate approaches to R&D staffing, according to PwC’s Health Research Institute (HRI) in a new report published today.  New…

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  • R&D: The Widening Gap between Success and Failure

    The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has released a new study examining drug development costs over the past 30 years. The study finds that out-of-pocket costs to bring a new medicine to market have increased…

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  • Good Pharmacovigilance Practice (GVP)

    The new Pharmacovigilance Legislation (GVP modules) in Europe is an attempt to harmonise and rationalise a complex set of regulations, which are out of date and purpose. The main objective is to define clear roles…

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  • From Drug Manufacturers to value-added Providers

    Countries have being implementing cost containment measures since at least 2000. What is ‘new’, since the ‘financial crisis’ of 2008, is the pace and the severity with which budget controls are applied. Politicians are influencing…

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  • The new Price and Reimbursement for Pharmaceutical Products suggests big changes, but is still in the making

    The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) is the current UK-wide price regulation scheme for branded prescription medicines supplied to the NHS. It applies across the four nations of the UK. The PPRS covers all branded…

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  • Real World Data

    By Simon Ruini Since 2007, all major stakeholders involved in the development, marketing, authorisation and use of pharmaceutical products have felt the need for a change of their interaction and approach to the current system…

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