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Opinion: U.S. taxpayers should stop funding clinical trials of industry-owned drugs

STAT

  I worked closely with NCI’s Investigational Drug Branch (IDB) from 1990-2016, including as a principal investigator of one of only six contracts with NCI to conduct Phase 1 clinical trials from 1990-1995, and serving as co-chair of NCI’s Investigational Drug Steering Committee from 2005-2008.

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STAT+: FDA’s new guidance on AI in drug development centers the risk introduced by the technology

STAT

In an interview with STAT in October, the FDA’s Tala Fakhouri, who co-leads the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s AI Council, said the agency has received over 500 drug submissions with AI components since 2016, with a large number in the areas of oncology, neurology, and gastroenterology. 

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STAT+: Two generic drugmakers pay $49 million to settle price-fixing charges

STAT

In 2016, a number of states filed what eventually became the first in a trio of lawsuits against many of the largest generic companies for allegedly coordinating efforts to fix and maintain prices for dozens of medications to treat a variety of ailments.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about FDA guidance on AI, meds releasing ‘forever chemicals,’ and more

STAT

As of last October, the agency had received more than 500 drug submissions with AI components going back to 2016, with a large number in the areas of oncology, neurology, and gastroenterology. The guidance comes as drug regulatory submissions citing AI have increased exponentially.

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Incubators and innovation hubs: Accelerating entrepreneurship in life sciences

Express Pharma

References [link] [link] per cent20S per cent26amp per cent3BT_Incubator_ %2016–5-2018.pdf pdf [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] The post Incubators and innovation hubs: Accelerating entrepreneurship in life sciences appeared first on Express Pharma.

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Educating Patients about Generic Drugs: Strategies for Success

Drug Patent Watch

” JAMA, 2016. ” AccessibleMeds.org, 2021. Kesselheim, A.S., “The High Cost of Prescription Drugs in the United States: Origins and Prospects for Reform.” World Health Organization. “Promoting Access to Medical Technologies and Innovation.” ” WHO.int, 2020. Shrank, W.H.,

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MAPPED: Some constituencies have fewer than ten pharmacies

The Pharmacist

And across England and Wales, the total number of12,204 pharmacies in September 2016 had fallen by 8% to 11,184 in January 2025. Some constituencies in England have fewer than 10 pharmacies to serve their population, new data from the House of Commons Library has revealed.

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