Pharma R&D Today
Ideas and Insight supporting all stages of Drug Discovery & Development
Snakes (aka Chutes) and Ladders – failures and opportunities
Posted on October 13th, 2017 by Dr Andrew A. Parsons in Pharma R&D
If there ever was a children’s game that would help prepare the next generation of pharmaceutical R&D scientists and researchers, it would be Snakes and Ladders (Chutes and Ladders in the US). (more…)
Getting Personal: Better Diagnosis, Better Treatment
Posted on September 8th, 2017 by Betsy Davis in Pharma R&D
Figures released by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 2017 indicate that the burden of cancer is on the rise, with the number of diagnoses rising by 50% over the next 13 years. Even more troubling is the predicted mortality rate for cancer, (more…)
FDA Speeds Up Generic Approval Process
Posted on August 30th, 2017 by Xuanyan Xu in Pharmacovigilance
Healthcare has been in the spotlight for much of the year so far, as Congress has wrestled with the difficult question of how to make it both better and more affordable.
Assessing DDI Risk in the Digital Age
Posted on August 9th, 2017 by Sherry Winter in Pharmacovigilance
In their 2012 Drug Regulations, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended that “pharmacokinetic interactions between an investigational new drug and other drugs should be defined during drug development.”
