The Relevance of Ethnic Factors in the Clinical Evaluation of Medicines Proceedings of a Workshop held at The Medical Society of London, UK, 7th and 8th July, 1993

For a research-based pharmaceutical company to be successful in the 1990s. it must have a strategic plan for the global development of new chemical entities. Global development can be defined as an attempt to reach all major markets as rapidly as possible and for many companies these will include th...

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Other Authors: Walker, S.R. (Editor), Lumley, C. (Editor), McAuslane, N. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Centre for Medicines Research Workshop
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • I. Problems in the Acceptability of Foreign Clinical Data for Pharmaceuticals
  • 1 Acceptability of foreign data: genetic, cultural and environmental differences - do they matter?
  • 2 Genetic polymorphisms in drug metabolism: clinical implications and consequences in ADME studies
  • 3 Inter-ethnic differences in dose-response studies
  • 4 Evaluation methods for clinical trials of drugs in Japan which may affect ethnic differences
  • 5 The top 50 drugs in the UK and Japan: why are they so different?
  • 6 Ethnic differences in response to pharmaceuticals across Europe
  • 7 Medical practice differences between Europe, the United States and Japan
  • 8 A survey of current practices in the US regarding minorities and gender: the pharmaceutical perspective
  • 9 Current approaches to global drug development from a European perspective
  • 10 Current approaches to global drug development from a Japanese perspective
  • 11 Summary of Session I
  • II. The Relevance of Ethnic Factors in the Clinical Evaluation of Medicines
  • 12 The acceptability of foreign data in the registration of new medicines - Health Protection Branch viewpoint
  • 13 The acceptability of foreign data in the registration of new medicines
  • 14 Ethnic effects on pharmacokinetic parameters
  • 15 A comparison of the clinical evaluation of medicines in Japanese and Caucasian populations
  • 16 Current status of CMR survey on inter-ethnic differences in clinical responsiveness
  • III. The Relevance of Inter-Ethnic Differences for Drug Development and Registration
  • 17 Implications for the design and interpretation of Phase III clinical trials
  • 18 Dose-utility relationships in diverse populations: ethnic, age, gender and cultural factors in efficacy and safety
  • 19 General discussion and concluding remarks
  • Appendix — Workshopparticipants