2011
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2010.34.1248
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Evaluation of Oncology Drugs at the European Medicines Agency and US Food and Drug Administration: When Differences Have an Impact on Clinical Practice

Abstract: Clinically relevant differences in the outcome of the EMA and FDA approval process of oncology products were found. Neither of the agencies seems to have a prevailing restrictive behavior over the other. Further efforts on harmonizing decision making between regulatory systems are needed.

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“…All twenty-nine were approved first in the United States. This analysis is consistent with the results found by Francesco Trotta and colleagues 38 and by Samantha Roberts and colleagues. 39 Two drugs not listed in Appendix Table 1 37 were approved by the EMA but not by the FDA.…”
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confidence: 83%
“…All twenty-nine were approved first in the United States. This analysis is consistent with the results found by Francesco Trotta and colleagues 38 and by Samantha Roberts and colleagues. 39 Two drugs not listed in Appendix Table 1 37 were approved by the EMA but not by the FDA.…”
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confidence: 83%
“…[22][23][24] Moreover, the phrasing and the number of indications for a given drug may differ between the United States and Europe. 25 Shimazawa et al 23 found substantial discordances in labels between Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, but these discordances were low for the indications section of labels and for biomarkers with recommendations for genetic testing. Therefore, our results should not be directly extrapolated outside the United States; however, these differences are not likely to change our main conclusion.…”
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“…Dies veranschaulicht eindrücklich auch ein kürzlich publizierter Vergleich der durch die EMA bzw. FDA erteilten Zulassungen von neuen onkologischen Arzneimitteln [4]. Untersucht wurden 42 Arzneimittel in 100 Indikationen (hämatologische Neoplasien und solide Tumore), die zwischen 1995 und 2008 von der EMA zugelassen wurden.…”
Section: Neue Onkologische Arzneimittel: Status Quo Der Zulassungsstuunclassified