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Discussing CER Communications Asymmetry Is Putting The Cart Before The Horse – UPenn’s Caplan

 
• By Gregory Twachtman

Current comparative research lacks firm quality data standards, including what would be considered accurate CER. Caplan notes that in today’s research environment, standards are determined by the peer review process and have no consistent application and no regulation. Before asymmetry can be addressed, these standards need to be determined.

Any debate on the asymmetry in the ability to discuss comparative effectiveness research findings is premature, considering there are no standards for how the research is conducted, University of Pennsylvania professor of bioethics Arthur Caplan said.

Speaking at the Feb. 9 “Asymmetry in the Ability to Communicate CER Findings: Ethics and Issues for Informed Decision Making”...

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Ocaliva: Still No Clarity On Why EU Court Opposed Revocation Of Approval

 
• By Neena Brizmohun

Advanz Pharma would have had to show that the European Commission’s decision to revoke Ocaliva’s conditional marketing approval risked causing serious and irreparable harm, according to lawyers from Van Bael & Bellis.

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Brazil Pilots Digital Drug Pack Inserts

 
• By Francesca Bruce

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Anti-Vaccine Activists Among New US CDC Vaccine Advisors

 
• By Sarah Karlin-Smith

HHS Secretary Kennedy's new ACIP appointments include multiple members of anti-vaccine groups and people who have spread misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.

US FDA May Consolidate Support Services After Extensive Cuts

 
• By Derrick Gingery and Sue Sutter

Commissioner Martin Makary told staff that plans are being developed to centralize HR, IT, travel and other functions, which were heavily impacted by the 1 April reduction-in-force.

US FDA’s Rising First-Cycle Complete Response Rate Draws Congress’ Attention

 
• By Sue Sutter

The House Appropriations Committee wants an analysis of how issues that led to CRLs could have been resolved within the first review cycle and seeks an agency crackdown on counterfeit GLP-1 agonists.