FDA: New Plan to Speed Drug Development

FDA: New Plan to Speed Drug Development

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"Conducting a clinical study in a patient population that has a larger than average response to treatment can greatly reduce the number of patients needed in the study and can direct the treatment to the patients in whom the drug actually works …
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Yuppies turn to legal highs

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… step forward in getting people to deal with their problems. Dr Bowden-Jones said: “You can self refer in ten seconds, even using your mobile phone. There is already enough stigma around drug treatment so what we have tried to do is break through …
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Rejection of InterMune's Drug Told Early to FDA Advisers

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Two months earlier, the advisory panel voted to support approval of Brisbane, California-based InterMune's drug, a treatment called Esbriet developed to be used against ideopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a rare lung disease. The final FDA decision …
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