Eric Topol says there is not enough regulatory teeth to require companies to share data with the medical community. Experts at a workshop on the application of artificial intelligence and machine learning for precision medicine also want data and algorithms to be accessible.
As the US Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical industry focus on using artificial intelligence and machine learning in drug development, access to the data and algorithms used in the field remains one of the biggest challenges.
At a 17 February workshop on "Application of AI and Machine Learning for Precision Medicine," Eric Topol, founder and director...
The Artificial Intelligence Council takes over the work that three different entities in the US FDA’s drugs center had been performing. The new, centralized entity will develop and promote consistency of AI-related activities and advance innovative uses.
Pharmaceutical companies should only use AI in evidence generation and reporting where there is “demonstrable value from doing so,” according to England’s health technology assessment body, NICE.
Shanghai issues a new set of policies and financial incentives designed to support and speed up regulatory and commercial activities in the biopharma sector, in a comprehensive stimulus package for companies based in the major Chinese city.
From the US FDA’s ISTAND Program to EU’s Melloddy Initiative, and from the global challenges of real-world data to the opportunities in India, Parexel’s EVP for Clinical Data and Digital Services, chief strategy officer and India head speak on a range of topics in this interview with the Pink Sheet.
Long-term follow-up requirements have taken a conservative approach but could be ripe for re-examination and global harmonization given the years of experience with the products, Kite Pharma executive director says; former FDA gene/cell therapy office head Wilson Bryan calls for elimination of the classwide REMS.
Program for collaborative reviews of gene therapy applications is getting under way with the European Medicines Agency. After launch, the pilot could be expanded to earlier discussions around CMC and pharm/tox data requirements, FDA’s Nicole Verdun said.
