Effective pharmaceutical regulation needs alignment with doctors.

Abstract:

:Concerns emanating from the medical community about the safety and efficacy of biosimilars indicate an increasing distrust of the outcome of the drug regulatory process. To illustrate this, we analysed the creation of the European biosimilar regulatory framework, specifically focussing on the guidelines outlining approval criteria for biosimilar erythropoietins, which have been recently adopted. We observed an absence of the organised medical community in the public process of creating and updating the guidelines. In this article we argue that, to ensure that innovative medicines continue to find their way to the patients who might benefit from them, a closer collaboration between the organised medical community and regulators is needed.

journal_name

Drug Discov Today

journal_title

Drug discovery today

authors

Ebbers HC,Pieters T,Leufkens HG,Schellekens H

doi

10.1016/j.drudis.2011.09.018

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-02-01 00:00:00

pages

100-3

issue

3-4

eissn

1359-6446

issn

1878-5832

pii

S1359-6446(11)00318-7

journal_volume

17

pub_type

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