EMA: How to better apply the paediatric legislation to boost development of medicines for children

31/01/2018 How to better apply the paediatric legislation to boost development of medicines for children EMA and European Commission invite stakeholders to register for joint workshop and support development of an action plan The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is inviting expressions of interest in a workshop organised together with the European Commission on 20 March…

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EMA: Orphan Medicines Figures

Orphan Medicines Figures 2000- 2017 Orphan Medicines – Product Development Scientific Support   To view the full report visit https://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2018/02/WC500244421.pdfhttps://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2018/02/WC500244422.pdf This article was originally posted on the EMA website. 

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EMA: Highlight report of the 2nd industry stakeholder platform on research and development support

5 January 2018 EMA/759581/2017 Human Medicines Research and Development Support Division Highlight report of the 2nd industry stakeholder platform on research and development support 15 November 2017 This was the second event in a series of regular meetings between regulators and representatives of industry stakeholder organisations to address all areas of product development support, from…

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EMA Biennial Report 2016/2017: Joint CVMP/CHMP Working group on the Application of the 3Rs in Regulatory Testing of Medical Products

This report is aimed at informing pharmaceutical companies and the public of the EMA activities in relation to “3Rs” (replacement, reduction, refinement) during 2016 and 2017. The report summarises the recommendations developed and the organisational structure enabling the development of such guidance. It also looks into the future with details about a new mandate to…

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SSFAoggi meets Dr. Honorio Silva, IFAPP President

    SSFA was one of the 12 founding members of IFAPP, the International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians and Pharmaceutical Medicine. Indeed, it was during a Conference held in Florence in September 1975 that IFAPP was officially launched, as the first name of the federation was IFAMAPI (International Federation of Associations of Medical…

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AGES Best Inspectee Award – Acknowledging High Quality in Austrian Clinical Research

The collaboration between GPMed, Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine in Austria , and the Austrian regulatory agency AGES has been very successful – an obvious, highly relevant common interest is to perform clinical research at the best possible quality. There have been many educational events together with members of the agency where various aspects of clinical…

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Austrian Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (GPMed) Turned 25

In November 2017, the Austrian Society for Pharmaceutical Medicine (GPMed) celebrated its 25th anniversary. This special event was attended not only by the society’s members, but also by many clinicians and scientists of the Medical University of Vienna as well as members of the Austrian regulatory agency (Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency, AGES) and…

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New member of IFAPP Communication Working Group

We are happy to welcome Dr Chinnie Tan, a new member of IFAPP Communication Working Group. Chinnie is Doctor of Medicine (MD) by the University of the Philippines and Post Graduate in Drug Development Science by King’s College, London. Currently, she is Director, Clinical Investigation at United Laboratories, Inc. and her previous professional experience include,…

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New President of Brazilian Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine

We wish to welcome the new President of the Brazilian Society of Pharmaceutical Medicine, Dr Wellington Briques.He is based in São Paulo, Brazil and has more than 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutics and biotechnology industries and as a consultant. Leader at several startups projects in multinational pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals in Brazil, LATAM and…

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