Preface |
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Contributors |
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Abbreviations |
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Section 1 Discovery of new medicines |
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1.1 Intellectual property in discovery |
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2 | (3) |
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1.2 Targeted drug discovery: receptor-based approaches |
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5 | (3) |
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1.3 In vitro and in vivo testing of new compounds |
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8 | (3) |
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11 | (3) |
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1.5 Natural products and herbal medicines |
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14 | (3) |
Section 2 Medicines regulation |
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17 | (96) |
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2.1 General principles of medicines regulation |
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19 | (3) |
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2.2 Medicines regulation in the UK |
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22 | (3) |
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2.3 Medicines regulation in the EU |
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25 | (6) |
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2.4 The European Medicines Agency and Heads of Medicines Agencies |
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31 | (3) |
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2.5 The European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and HealthCare, European Pharmacopoeia, and British Pharmacopoeia |
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34 | (3) |
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2.6 The Food and Drug Administration |
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37 | (3) |
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40 | (2) |
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2.8 Medsafe and the Therapeutic Goods Administration |
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42 | (3) |
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2.9 Medicines regulation in Japan |
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45 | (4) |
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2.10 Medicines regulation in China |
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49 | (3) |
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2.11 Medical device regulation |
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52 | (3) |
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2.12 Clinical trials regulation |
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55 | (3) |
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2.13 Good clinical practice |
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58 | (3) |
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2.14 Good laboratory practice and good clinical laboratory practice |
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61 | (3) |
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2.15 Good manufacturing practice |
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64 | (3) |
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2.16 The Ethics Committee (EU) |
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67 | (4) |
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2.17 The Institutional Review Board (US) |
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71 | (3) |
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2.18 Marketing authorization applications and updating and maintaining licences |
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74 | (3) |
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2.19 The International Conference on Harmonisation |
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77 | (3) |
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2.20 Common technical document |
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80 | (4) |
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2.21 Medicinal product information in the European Union |
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84 | (3) |
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2.22 Summary of product characteristics |
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87 | (3) |
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90 | (3) |
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2.24 Paediatric investigational plans |
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93 | (2) |
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2.25 Regulatory requirements for pharmacovigilance |
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95 | (3) |
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2.26 Overview of reporting of adverse drug reactions |
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98 | (3) |
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2.27 Non-prescription drugs |
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101 | (3) |
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2.28 Provision of unlicensed medicines |
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104 | (3) |
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2.29 Reclassification of medicines |
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107 | (4) |
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111 | (2) |
Section 3 Clinical pharmacology |
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113 | (86) |
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3.1 Absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion |
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115 | (4) |
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3.2 Volume of distribution, clearance, half-life |
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119 | (4) |
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3.3 Pre-clinical aspects of pharmacokinetics |
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123 | (3) |
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126 | (3) |
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3.5 Clinical aspects of pharmacokinetics |
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129 | (3) |
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3.6 Dose-response relationship |
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132 | (4) |
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3.7 Proof of concept studies |
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136 | (2) |
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3.8 Reproductive toxicity studies |
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138 | (4) |
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3.9 Immunotoxicity testing |
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142 | (4) |
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146 | (3) |
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3.11 Genotoxicity testing |
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149 | (4) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (2) |
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3.14 Studies: objectives, design, conduct, and analysis |
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158 | (4) |
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3.15 Populations for exploratory studies and planning of exploratory studies |
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162 | (3) |
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3.16 Pharmacodynamic endpoints |
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165 | (3) |
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3.17 Bioavailability and bioequivalence |
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168 | (3) |
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3.18 Evaluation of safety and tolerability |
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171 | (3) |
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3.19 Hypersensitivity reactions |
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174 | (3) |
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3.20 Drug-drug interactions |
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177 | (4) |
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3.21 Ethics in research: basic principles, Declaration of Helsinki, and Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences |
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181 | (4) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (2) |
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3.25 Population pharmacokinetics |
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193 | (2) |
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3.26 Small molecules and biologicals: safety and pharmacology requirements |
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195 | (4) |
Section 4 Clinical development |
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199 | (52) |
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4.1 Requirements for licensing a new medicinal product |
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200 | (3) |
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203 | (3) |
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4.3 General principles of clinical trial protocols |
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206 | (3) |
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4.4 Clinical study design |
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209 | (4) |
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4.5 Adaptive trial designs |
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213 | (2) |
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215 | (3) |
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218 | (3) |
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4.8 Indemnity and compensation |
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221 | (3) |
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4.9 Investigator's brochure |
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224 | (3) |
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4.10 Organization of project teams/project planning |
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227 | (3) |
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4.11 Contractual arrangements with research sites and contract research organizations |
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230 | (3) |
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233 | (3) |
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4.13 Budgeting and cost control |
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236 | (3) |
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4.14 Expanded access programmes |
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239 | (3) |
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4.15 Study master file preparation |
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242 | (5) |
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4.16 Target product profile |
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247 | (4) |
Section 5 Statistics and data management |
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251 | (54) |
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5.1 Determining the sample size in a clinical trial |
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252 | (3) |
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5.2 Sensitivity and specificity |
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255 | (3) |
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258 | (3) |
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5.4 Type 1 and Type II error |
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261 | (3) |
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264 | (4) |
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268 | (3) |
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5.7 Paired and unpaired t-tests |
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271 | (3) |
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5.8 Parametric and non-parametric tests |
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274 | (3) |
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5.9 Patient reported outcomes |
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277 | (3) |
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5.10 Health-related quality of life |
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280 | (3) |
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5.11 Clinical interpretation of trial results |
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283 | (6) |
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5.12 Clinical study report |
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289 | (3) |
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5.13 Issues with making trial results available |
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292 | (3) |
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295 | (3) |
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298 | (3) |
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5.16 Within trial data management |
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301 | (4) |
Section 6 Drug safety and pharmacovigilance |
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305 | (44) |
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306 | (3) |
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6.2 Key pharmacovigilance regulations in the EU |
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309 | (3) |
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6.3 Good pharmacovigilance practices |
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312 | (3) |
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6.4 Periodic safety update reports |
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315 | (3) |
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6.5 Benefit-risk assessment |
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318 | (4) |
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6.6 Pharmacoepidemiological safety data |
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322 | (3) |
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6.7 Product suspension and withdrawal and defective medicines |
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325 | (3) |
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328 | (3) |
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6.9 Spontaneous reporting |
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331 | (3) |
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6.10 Post-authorization safety studies |
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334 | (3) |
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6.11 Dear Healthcare Professional communication |
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337 | (2) |
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6.12 Issues and crisis management |
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339 | (3) |
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6.13 Adverse events in clinical trials |
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342 | (4) |
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346 | (3) |
Section 7 Healthcare marketplace |
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349 | (68) |
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7.1 Marketing medicines: the drug lifecycle |
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351 | (4) |
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7.2 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act |
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355 | (4) |
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7.3 Product lifecycle management |
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359 | (3) |
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7.4 Ethical marketing of medicines |
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362 | (3) |
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7.5 World Health Organization ethical criteria for medicinal drug promotion |
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365 | (3) |
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7.6 Co-marketing and co-promotion |
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368 | (2) |
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370 | (3) |
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7.8 The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries |
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373 | (3) |
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7.9 The Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries Code of Practice |
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376 | (3) |
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7.10 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America |
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379 | (3) |
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7.11 The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations Code of Practice |
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382 | (2) |
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7.12 The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations |
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384 | (3) |
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387 | (3) |
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7.14 National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |
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390 | (3) |
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7.15 The Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network |
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393 | (3) |
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7.16 The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care |
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396 | (3) |
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399 | (3) |
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7.18 Quality-adjusted life years |
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402 | (3) |
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7.19 Pharmacoepidemiology |
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405 | (3) |
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408 | (3) |
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7.21 Intellectual property |
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411 | (3) |
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7.22 Product liability and compensation |
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414 | (3) |
Section 8 Therapeutics |
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417 | (24) |
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8.1 Medicines for children |
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418 | (3) |
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8.2 Medicines in pregnancy |
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421 | (4) |
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8.3 Medicines in the elderly |
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425 | (4) |
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8.4 Medicines for patients with hepatic impairment |
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429 | (4) |
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8.5 Medicines for patients with renal impairment |
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433 | (3) |
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8.6 Principles of benefit-risk |
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436 | (3) |
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8.7 Therapeutic drug monitoring |
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439 | (2) |
Index |
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