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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300234003321

Autore

Leong James

Titolo

Benefit-Risk Assessment of Medicines [[electronic resource] ] : The Development and Application of a Universal Framework for Decision-Making and Effective Communication / / by James Leong, Sam Salek, Stuart Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Adis, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-15805-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 p.)

Disciplina

306

353998

610

Soggetti

Pharmacy

Medical research

Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance

Quality of Life Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Preface -- Overview -- Approaches to utilising decision-making framework -- Benefit-risk assessment of medicines by pharmaceutical companies and regulatory authorities -- Development of a universal benefit-risk framework and template -- Implementation of the benefit-risk assessment template by mature agencies -- Implementation of the benefit- risk summary template by a maturing agency: A case study -- Communicating benefit-risk decisions by US FDA, EMA, TGA and Health Canada -- Conclusions and future directions -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

This book proposes and investigates a universal framework, and accompanying documentation system, to facilitate and catalogue benefit-risk decisions; a valuable addition to the benefit-risk toolbox. Over the past decade, pharmaceutical companies and regulatory agencies have been reviewing the benefit-risk assessment of medicines with a view to developing a structured, systematic, standardized approach. Examining the evaluation of such an approach by several



mature regulatory authorities ensures that the reader gains a unique insight into the ongoing debate in this area. The field of benefit-risk assessment continues to evolve at a rapid pace due to political and societal pressure, as is reflected in the recent FDA PUDFA agreement as well as in the EMA 2015 Roadmap. Rather than provide a comprehensive snap-shot of this constantly changing environment, this book evaluates selected current approaches to benefit-risk assessment. The strengths and weaknesses of publicly available documents in communicating benefit-risk decisions to stakeholders are reviewed, and these evaluations are used to inform development of a prospective framework that could be used to harmonise procedures globally.