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Health Canada’s proposed amendments to the Food and Drug Regulations and the Medical Devices Regulations

Pharma in Brief

On July 31, 2021, Health Canada published a Notice of Intent outlining its plan to amend the Food and Drug Regulations ( FDR ) and the Medical Devices Regulations in the spring of 2022. Generic drugs and biosimilars are not eligible for this application pathway. Biologic Drugs. Food and Drugs Act , R.S.C.,

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Hitting Pause on Criticism of the FDA, Just for Today

Pharmacy Checkers

Wikipedia has an extremely long page aptly called Criticism of the Food and Drug Administration , much of it having to do with its role with prescription drugs, and less so other sectors, such as food, tobacco and cosmetics. . It’s primarily the FDA’s role over drug safety and quality that captures my interest and admiration.”.

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Through the Looking Glass: Is FDA really the “Gold Standard” in Drug Safety?

Pharmacy Checkers

The FDA’s continuing problems with inspections of drug manufacturing plants, as well as the relative comparative strength of other drug regulators, ought to inspire serious reflection, even introspection, among drug safety policy professionals about whether or not, and how, we have the gold standard.

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PFIZER REPORTS STRONG FIRST-QUARTER 2021 RESULTS

The Pharma Data

Following the completion of the spin-off of the Upjohn Business (4) in the fourth quarter of 2020, Pfizer now operates as a focused innovative biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of biopharmaceutical products worldwide. in December 2019; and. in December 2019; and.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

All this cannot begin to explain the weird reality that the stock markets in the US (and elsewhere) are doing just fine. In fact, financial markets have almost regained most of the losses caused by COVID-19. Here again, the stock markets are functioning in a parallel universe. Drugs and Vaccines. billion in June.