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EU ‘Pathfinder’ Project Aims To Improve Cancer Drug Development & Assessment

 
• By Ian Schofield

The Pathfinder initiative is intended to accelerate cancer drug development and assessment, strengthen international collaboration, and improve the way the EMA communicates about the benefits and risks of cancer medicines.

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There are still challenges and unmet needs in cancer therapy • Source: Shutterstock

The European Medicines Agency is planning a series of workshops and other events with stakeholders in the first half of this year to discuss ways of improving the way new cancer drugs are developed and evaluated in the EU.

On 29 February, the EMA and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) are jointly organizing a workshop on how patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as well as health-related...

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