Companies as diverse as CV Therapeutics, UCB, GSK, Pozen and Biovail are all smiles about becoming unwitting guinea pigs in the new era of drug safety. None could have expected to be pioneers in facing new post-marketing burdens-but all are thrilled that their products were approved at all. And most have seen an immediate payback for their investors.
By Michael McCaughan
It is a sign of the times for the pharmaceutical industry that the CEOs of companies as diverse as GlaxoSmithKline...
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The Health and Human Services Secretary made incorrect statements about the status of key industry priorities at a recent House hearing, which actually may be a good thing for drug sponsors.
HHS and its agencies violated the law by swiftly implementing “sweeping and poorly thought-through directives that ordered the bulk removal of healthcare resources,” including FDA draft guidances on diversity action plans and sex differences in clinical trials, a federal court said.
Industry associations EFPIA, EUCOPE and EURORDIS have praised the European Commission’s newly launched life sciences strategy, which will see investment funnelled into improving the clinical trial ecosystem and supporting advanced therapy development.
