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Dec 22
Medical and scientific communication on the web: New IFPMA-EFPIA guidelines
On September 28, two international associations representing the pharmaceutical industries, the IFPMA and the EFPIA, published a joint Note for Guidance on social media and digital channels that offers guidance for pharmaceutical companies using the web to provide doctors and patients with information about their products and the diseases they are intended to treat.
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Dec 22
The National Recovery and Resilience Plan, Mission No. 6, “Health”: Current status
In recent months, implementation of the measures contained in Mission No. 6 of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, which allocates over 15 billion euro to the health sector, has come to the fore with the adoption of a series of actions that outline more specifically the contents of the two macro-areas of intervention, the “components” of the mission.
6
Oct 22
In a first, the European Commission blocks a below-threshold transaction under the EU Merger Regulation (Grail/Illumina)
On September 6, 2022, the European Commission (the “Commission”) blocked the acquisition of Grail by Illumina—although the deal didn’t meet the turnover threshold of the EU or any Member State—arguing that the merger would have prevented innovation and competition in the blood-based early cancer detection test market.
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Oct 22
Decentralized clinical trials: The current scenario and forthcoming European guidelines
On August 30, the European Commission (EC), heads of medicines agencies (HMAs), and European Medicines Agency (EMA) published the 2022-2026 work plan for the Accelerating Clinical Trials in the EU (ACT EU) initiative.
5
Oct 22
Observational studies: From the November 30, 2021 Decree to the new document of the National Coordination Center for Ethics Committees
Pharmacological observational studies concern drugs prescribed according to an authorized therapeutic indication and based on normal clinical practice.
5
Oct 22
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The establishment of a European Health Data Space sits within the broader framework of the strategy developed by European institutions to create a single market for data.
