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REUTERS: India adds more cancer, HIV/AIDS drugs to essential medicines list
11.01.2016
India has revised its list of essential medicines to add drugs for diseases ranging from cancer and HIV/AIDS to hepatitis C, in a move aimed at making them more affordable.
The update to the
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EMA: Draft concept paper on the revision of the reflection paper on non-clinical and clinical development of similar biological medicinal products containing recombinant interferon alpha or pegylated recombinant interferon alpha
11.01.2016
The current reflection paper on similar medicinal products containing recombinant interferon alpha provides recommendations for the non-clinical and clinical development of recombinant interferon
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URPL: Information of President of The Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products of December 28, 2015 concerning the new recommendations aimed at minimizing the risk of a rare infection PML, and one of the types
11.01.2016
This document is announcement of President of The Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and Biocidal Products of December 28, 2015 concerning the new recommendations aimed
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EMA: Guideline on good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP): Annex II – Templates: Communication Plan for Direct Healthcare Professional Communication (CP DHPC)
29.12.2015
Annex II – Templates: Communication Plan for Direct Healthcare Professional Communication (CP DHPC). ...
EMA: Regulatory information – Green light for reliance on Article 57 database for key pharmacovigilance information on medicines for human use in Europe
29.12.2015
As of 1 February 2016, for both centrally and nationally authorised medicines, companies will no longer be required to submit type IA variations in relation to the Qualified Person Responsible for
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EMA: Regulatory information - Replacement of GCP non-compliant pivotal studies in centralised marketing-authorisation applications not accepted
29.12.2015
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) will not accept the replacement of a pivotal clinical study that has been found to be non-compliant with good clinical practice (GCP) by another study during
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EMA: Guideline on good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP): Product- or Population-Specific Considerations II: biological medicinal products
29.12.2015
Product- or Population-Specific Considerations II: biological medicinal products. ...
RAPS: Proposed Rule Would Revise Regulations on Fixed-Combination Drugs
29.12.2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing a new rule that would apply its regulations on prescription fixed-combination drugs to a variety of nonprescription fixed-combination and
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RAPS: FDA Warns Sun’s India Plant Over Sterility Concerns
29.12.2015
Serious aseptic and sterility violations, including water damage and leaks in parenteral manufacturing areas, were documented by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the latest warning
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RAPS: FDA: Explosions at Chinese Chemical Warehouse Contaminated Drugs
29.12.2015
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday alerted compounders and drug manufacturers that shipments from Tianjin, China may be at risk of chemical contamination following two massive
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