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The promotion of data sharing in pharmacoepidemiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This article addresses the role of pharmacoepidemiology in patient safety and the crucial role of data sharing in ensuring that such activities occur. Against the backdrop of proposed reforms of European data protection legislation, it considers whether ...
Sethi, Nayha
core   +1 more source

Identifying the optimal dose of cannabidiol by intrabuccal administration in Kramnik (C3HeB/FeJ) mice

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Cannabidiol (CBD) has numerous therapeutic properties, and is used to treat neurological conditions, such as neuroinflammation. However, the optimal dose of CBD to penetrate the brain requires further investigation. The primary aim of this study was to use a mouse model and the intrabuccal route for CBD administration to determine the optimal dose at ...
Oluwadara Pelumi Omotayo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Paucity of intellectual property rights information in the US biologics system a decade after passage of the Biosimilars Act.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine
In this Policy Forum piece, Robin Feldman discusses how current legislation contributes to informational deficits around drug patents for biologic drugs in the United States.
Robin Feldman
doaj   +1 more source

‘Zero Tolerance’ Drug Driving Laws in Australia: A Gap Between Rationale and Form?

open access: yesInternational Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 2017
Legislation in all Australian states and territories creates offences and provides for police roadside testing in relation to ‘drug driving’. Ostensibly motivated by the same road safety objectives and impairment paradigm as drink driving laws, drug ...
Julia Ann Quilter, Luke McNamara
doaj   +1 more source

Medicines that Kill [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The prevalence of counterfeit drugs on the African continent has been increasing at an alarming rate. “Medicines that Kill” is a research paper that attempts to analyze the factors that make African countries particularly susceptible to this global ...
Abushouk, Lina Ahmed
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Plastics of the Future? Interdisciplinary Review on Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers: Progress in Chemistry, Societal Views, and Environmental Implications

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie International Edition, Accepted Article.
Global demand to reduce polymer waste and microplastics pollution has increased in recent years, prompting further research, development, and wider use of biodegradable and biobased polymers (BBPs). BBPs have emerged as promising alternatives to conventional plastics, with the potential to mitigate the environmental burdens of persistent plastic waste.
Sara T. R. Velasquez   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has OMP legislation been successful? Yes, though the orphan drug market remains immature

open access: yesJournal of Market Access & Health Policy, 2019
Incentives for the development of Orphan Medicinal Products (OMP) development have been introduced in both the European Union and the US, yet there has been a relatively little investigation of the success of these policies.
Oriol Solà-Morales
doaj   +1 more source

Reforming the Regulation of Therapeutic Products in Canada: The Protecting of Canadians from Unsafe Drugs Act (Vanessa’s Law)

open access: yesHealth Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé, 2016
Enacted November 2014, Vanessa’s Law amends the Food and Drugs Act to give Health Canada greater powers to compel the disclosure of information, recall drugs and devices, impose fines and injunctions, and collect post-market safety information.
Katherine Fierlbeck
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing differences in legislators' revealed preferences: A case study on the 107th U.S. Senate [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2016
Roll call data are widely used to assess legislators' preferences and ideology, as well as test theories of legislative behavior. In particular, roll call data is often used to determine whether the revealed preferences of legislators are affected by outside forces such as party pressure, minority status or procedural rules.
arxiv  

Consideration of the novel psychoactive substances (‘legal highs’) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Original report can be found at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ Crown Copyright, the Advisory Council/ The Home Office. This work is published under an open government license.The Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) committed to providing the ...
Advidory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
core  

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