There are several new research areas driving personalised medicine forward, such as molecular genetics, epigenetics, pharmacogenetics, and the development of biomarkers and biomedicines.
Participants of clinical trials have rights that are protected by law, and they also have specific responsibilities. Participants' organisations have close relationships with the patients in a clinical trial...
After Phase III of clinical studies, all the information on a medicin is collected and organised in a pre-determiend format (a dossier), which is then submitted to the regulatory...
When women of childbearing potential are included in clinical trials, safety precautions must be taken in order to avoid the unintentional exposure of an embryo or fetus to the...
Before a medicinal product can be marketed and sold, a marketing authorisation must be obtained from the relevent National Competent Authorities. The marketing authorisation application process can take one...
The medicines development process' ultimate goal is an approval for marketing the new medicinal product – a Marketing Authorisation. This should be an integral part of all steps throughout...
A Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) is a group of independent individuals, external to the trial, who are experts in relevant areas. They review the accumulated data from clinical...
Partners from Ethic Committees (National Commission of Ethic Committees – CNCP), patient associations, and investigating centres worked in a writer’s guide of five recommendations and six rules for Informed...