Inclusion of a patient expert on a pharmaceutical company’s external Bioethics Advisory Panel. The patient expert was proposed to the existing panel so a patient view would be included...
An example of patient’s own experience of being used as an interface between sponsors and participants of clinical trials. Taking place both in rare diseases with EURORDIS and HIV...
When performing a critical reading of clinical study results, the reader should take relevant information into account from the best available sources and should consider questions about the reliability,...
Non-clinical toxicity studies investigate the safety profile of a medicine. Candidate compounds must undergo many different toxicity studies before they are first administered in clinical trials or receive marketing...
A very important result from the EUPATI project was the development, broad consultation and final release of guidances on the best approach to interaction of patients with pharmaceutical industry-led...
Herbal medicines are based on extracts from plants or parts of plants that have healing properties. They have been used for hundreds of years and can be seen as...
Gene therapy is a way of restoring the function in cells where genes are missing or not working properly. It is a highly experimental technique, but has shown promise...
Biomarkers are indicators used in medical research to measure biological processes, disease processes, and responses to treatment. The use of biomarkers can improve the process of medicines development and...
Medicines must balance efficacy and safety, benefits and risks. The efficacy and safety of a medicinal product are tested thoroughly during its development, and carefully monitored after the product...