Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Ameet Sarpatwari Aaron S. Kesselheim, Ameet Sarpatwari, Health Law Policy

By Ameet Sarpatwari and Aaron S. Kesselheim

Each month, members of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) review the peer-reviewed medical literature to identify interesting empirical studies, in-depth analyses, and thoughtful editorials on pharmaceutical law and policy.

Below are the papers identified from the month of October. The selections feature topics ranging from the use of superlatives in cancer research, experience with the priority review voucher for neglected tropical and rare pediatric diseases, to a decision-making framework for gatekeepers of pragmatic clinical trials. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our website.

  1. Abola MV, Prasad V. The Use of Superlatives in Cancer Research. JAMA Oncol. 2015 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print].
  2. Downing NS, Krumholz HM, Ross JS, Shah ND. Regulatory watch: Characterizing the US FDA’s approach to promoting transformative innovation. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2015 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print].
  3. Ioannidis JP, Fanelli D, Dunne DD, Goodman SN. Meta-research: Evaluation and Improvement of Research Methods and Practices. PLoS Biol. 2015 Oct 2; 13(10):e1002264.
  4. Kesselheim AS, Maggs LR, Sarpatwari A. Experience With the Priority Review Voucher Program for Drug Development. JAMA. 2015 Oct 27; 314(16):1687-8.
  5. Kim C, Prasad V. Cancer Drugs Approved on the Basis of a Surrogate End Point and Subsequent Overall Survival: An Analysis of 5 Years of US Food and Drug Administration Approvals. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print].
  6. Langedijk J, Ebbers HC, Mantel-Teeuwisse AK, Kruger-Peters AG, Leufkens HG. Licensing failure in the European decentralised procedure. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2015 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print].
  7. Luo J, Kesselheim AS. Evolution of insulin patents and market exclusivities in the USA. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Oct 6. [Epub ahead of print].
  8. Whicher DM, Miller JE, Dunham KM, Joffe S. Gatekeepers for pragmatic clinical trials. Clin Trials. 2015 Oct; 12(5):442-8.

Ameet Sarpatwari

Ameet Sarpatwari is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Associate Epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Assistant Director of the Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) within the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics. His research draws upon his interdisciplinary training as an epidemiologist and lawyer and focuses on the effects of laws and regulations on therapeutic development, approval, use, and related public health outcomes.

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