Background In 2018, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched a pilot to test the capability of publicly posting summaries of the safety and efficacy information that is used to make drug approval decisions. This followed suit with the European Medicine Agency’s (EMA) Policy 0070 that launched in 2015 and Health Canada’s (HC) Clinical Information … Continued
Even though the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has suspended publication of clinical data through Policy 0070 due to its Brexit business continuity plan, EMA posted a Policy 0070 external guidance update on November 11, 2018. Revision 4 is now in effect. Policy 0070 External Guidance Update – Major Changes Several major changes are noted in this … Continued
New data from European Medicines Agency (EMA) confirms the tough position EMA is taking in regard to commercially confidential information (CCI). According to the European Medicines Agency’s “EMA Update on Clinical Data Publication” published on 29 January, 2018, 76% of CCI instances were rejected in 2017. Interestingly, the EMA has provided further insight on how … Continued
In many ways, the strategic planning required to comply with EMA Policy 0070―a requirement to publish anonymized versions of clinical study reports (CSRs) and other submission documents―is similar to a secret agent’s mission: sponsors must keep the identities of people named or referred to in those documents top-secret while maintaining the document’s clinical utility. In … Continued
