Patient Recruitment Driving Length and Cost of Oncology Clinical Trials
As prospective oncology drugs progress from Phase I to Phase III clinical trials, the difference between projected and actual patient…
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Photostability Testing: Shedding Light on a Not Well Understood Guideline
The subject of pharmaceutical photostability testing often raises many questions for several reasons. Predominantly governed by ICH Guideline Q1B for…
The Benefits of Bacillus-derived Hyaluronic Acid
In Adding New and Improved Attributes to Existing Drug Formulations, and Offering Opportunities for New Delivery System Development Jaypreet Dhillon,…
Preactivated Thiomers: A New Generation of Mucoadhesive Polymers
Since the concept of mucoadhesion was pioneered in the early 1980s, various attempts have been made to improve the adhesive…
Optimising Short-Lived Isotopes for Quantitative Whole-Body Autoradiography in Drug Development
Quantitative whole-body autoradiography (QWBA), which has brought many improvements to the realm of tissue distribution, has itself been improved recently…
Virtual Drug Development: Vision, Oversight and Risk Management
The previous article examined how drug development has changed over the last century, whilst highlighting the theme of the increased…
Compensation for Research Injuries: National Regulations and International Standards
Research regulations worldwide aim to prevent research injuries, as well as to provide remedies for injuries suffered by research participants,…
What the Unitary Patent Means for the Pharmaceutical Industry
After nearly four decades in the pipeline, the countries of the European Union have finally signed an agreement that is…
Some Practical Implications of the UP and the UPC for the Pharmaceutical Sector
On 19 February 2013, 24 EU member states signed a supra-national agreement which is intended to bring into being a…
Grabbing Hold of the Bar of Success in Drug Development
Globalisation and other recent developments such as stricter quality control criteria, evolving technologies, and the increasing stringency of regulatory standards,…