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2017 ACC/AAP/AHA Health Policy Statement on Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development: Learning From Sildenafil.

T he STARTS-1 and -2 trials (Sildenafil in Treatment-Naive Children, Aged 1 to 17 Years, With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension) and subsequent 2012 US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) product labeling for sildenafil use in pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension highlight many of the challenges to the development and approval of medications for children. This experience served as the im...

Correction to: 2017 ACC/AAP/AHA Health Policy Statement on Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development: Learning From Sildenafil.

In the article by Sable et al, “2017 ACC/AAP/AHA Health Policy Statement on Opportunities and Challenges in Pediatric Drug Development: Learning From Sildenafil,” which published June 29, 2017, in the journal (Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2017;10:e000026. doi: 10.1161/ HCQ.0000000000000026), several corrections were needed. 1. On the title page, in the footnotes, the explanation for the doubl...

2016 ACC Lifelong Learning Competencies for General Cardiologists: A Report of the ACC Competency Management Committee.

The document was approved by the American College of Cardiology Board transparency, disclosure information for the ACC Board of Trustees, the boa www.acc.org/about-acc/leadership/officers-and-trustees. The American College of Cardiology requests that this document be cited as Freeman R, McPherson JA, Mendes LA, Ryan T, Sivaram CA, Weitz HH. 2016 the ACC Competency Management Committee. J Am Col...

Learning Curve and Industry Structure: Evidences from Iranian Manufacturing Industries

he empirical studies have shown that cost advantages can occur due to economies of scale and economies of learning. However, a few studies have attempted to distinguish between these two effects on reducing costs. This paper is the first attempt on recognizing the impact of learning on reducing the cost with distinguishing the effect of economies of scale in Iran. Therefore, this study aims to ...

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