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The Evolving Regulatory Environment in Japan (PMDA)

At DIA in June of this year, Tatsuya Kondo, Chief Executive of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) gave a presentation on the future activities of the PMDA in Japan. In the presentation, Kondo discusses Japan’s “Rational Medicine”...

Clinical Trials in India

Several years ago, clinical trials in India were a booming business. After becoming fully compliant with TRIPS in 2005, India was seen as a favorable place to conduct clinical trials as they boast a huge genetically diverse population, as well as a multitude of...

Quality Medical Translation for Trials is Essential

Building upon last week’s post around the revision to MEDDEV 2.7/1, I wanted to take a quick look at contract research organizations (CROs) and their usage of translation services. Clinical trials are expensive and multi-faceted, as a consequence it is very common for...