Preparing the Paediatric Investigation Plan application

Autor: Douglas Fiebig
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Medical Writing. 21:108-113
ISSN: 2047-4814
2047-4806
Popis: In Europe, sponsors must possess a compliant Paediatric Investigation Plan (PIP) when applying for marketing approval of drugs. The core deliverable is the ‘scientific part of the application’ structured according to the EMA's PIP guideline. The PIP should summarize relevant background information on the disease and drug, and use this to justify a paediatric development programme that covers the entire paediatric population. Depending on the type of drug and the relevance of the disease to the paediatric population, specific quality, safety, and/or efficacy measures may be proposed for all or part of the population. If measures are considered inappropriate for all or part of the paediatric population, then a waiver may be proposed but must be justified. If the paediatric development programme cannot be completed before submission of the adult application, then a deferral of the paediatric measures may be proposed but again this must be justified. In any case, a detailed timetable has to be provide...
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