Pharmaceutical News and Updates

European Medicines Agency holds first stakeholder forum on the implementation of the new pharmacovigilance legislation On 15 April 2011, the European Medicines Agency held a stakeholder forum on the implementation of the new pharmacovigilance legislation with a broad cross-section of participants including industry, patient and healthcare professional representatives and national…

By Jennifer Ringler As the debate over the rising costs of new drug R&D and brand name medications rages on, physicians are increasingly doing their part to minimize collateral damage inflicted upon the patient. A new report from Bain & Company — The new cost-conscious doctor: changing America’s healthcare landscape…

By Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer Two women developed tardive dyskinesia after taking generic drugs The justices are considering cases against pharmaceutical manufacturers Generic drugs account for 70% of all prescriptions filled in the U.S. Washington (CNN) — Two women who say they suffered severe medical complications from a…

Medicinal products falling within the mandatory scope of the Annex of Regulation (EC) are obliged to apply for a Centralised Procedure: Recombinant DNA technology-Controlled expression of genes Hybridoma and monoclonal antibody methods Biosimilar biological medicinal products which are developed by one of the above Biotechnological processes also fall under the…