12/21/2016
Clinical Research Resources Office (CRRO), CTSI, Boston University School of Medicine One major challenge facing the clinical research ecosystem is not whether, but how to study drug safety and efficacy in pregnant and breastfeeding populations. A growing number of organizations—including the ICH E21 Expert Working Group (EWG) and TransCelerate’s Interpretation of Pharmacovigilance Guidances & Regulations (IGR…
Clinical Research Resources Office (CRRO), CTSI, Boston University School of Medicine The scientific community intended to protect pregnant and breastfeeding populations when it strictly limited their involvement in clinical trials after the thalidomide crisis of the 1950s-1960s. Yet over the past few decades, people have increasingly recognized the real-life challenges posed by the lack of…
Clinical Research Resources Office (CRRO), CTSI, Boston University School of Medicine Patient safety depends partly on sponsor organizations’ compliance with pharmacovigilance (PV) regulatory requirements—even when global variations exist. Helping sponsors interpret and operationalize challenging PV regulations and guidances is the goal of TransCelerate’s Interpretation of Pharmacovigilance Guidances & Regulations (IGR PV) initiative. In this third…
