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Are drug regulators sufficiently independent from the companies they are meant to regulate?

Scienmag

Patients and doctors expect drug regulators to provide an unbiased, rigorous assessment of new medicines before they hit the market.

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Regulators questioned integrity of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, leaked files show

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European regulators questioned the integrity of early batches of Pfizer/BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine, although the matter was resolved before approval, according to information leaked online following a cyberattack. The fragility of the mRNA has hindered progress of the technology, which could transform cells of the body into “drug factories”.

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UK online doctor firm fined for providing ‘risky’ unlicensed service

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An online doctor’s service operating in the UK has been fined after pleading guilty to providing online consultation and prescription services without being registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It also concluded that the service was misleading as it suggested the scrips were assessed by doctors in the UK.

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UK agency pilots biobank to study links between genetics and drug side effects

Pharmaceutical Technology

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) aims to launch a pilot genetic biobank that will gather patient data to associate drug-related adverse events to their genetic makeup. According to the press release, the MHRA will be the first drug safety regulator in the world to pilot such a biobank.

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FDA to Require Breast Density Notification Amongst Other Updates to Mammography Regulations

FDA Law Blog

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — Earlier this month, FDA published a final rule to update the mammography regulations, issued under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA) and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act).

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EU regulator lifts GSK amid torrid week for company’s pipeline

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The EMA has delivered some good news to GSK on a new long-acting HIV drug and vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), in a week that saw multiple disappointments in other R&D projects. Descovy grabbed the lion’s share of that, and both drugs are used for routine HIV treatment, as well as PrEP.

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‘Hot mess’: Abortion pills at pharmacies could face legal quagmires, especially in restrictive states

STAT News

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators’ green light for pharmacists to dispense abortion pills is crashing into legal questions and simmering court battles. The Food and Drug Administration earlier this month removed a longtime restriction that only doctors could dispense mifepristone, which is approved for abortions up to 10 weeks.

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