The FIMP Medicines for Children Research Network

The FIMP Medicines for Children Research Network

The European Paediatric Regulation (EUPR) calls for the fostering of high quality ethical research and medicinal products to be used in children. The EUPR provides the background, goals, and requirements for paediatric clinical trials. Paediatric clinical trials in children are mandatory to generate data on new drugs as well as on drugs used off-label or for unlicensed indications. The Family P...

Excellence in Family Paediatricians: the FIMP-MCRN (Medicines for Children Research Network) becomes a member of ENPR-EMA (European Network of Paediatric Research at the European Medicines Agency)

One of the objectives of the Paediatric Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006, is to foster high quality ethical research on medicinal products to be used in children. To achieve this objective, the EMA is responsible for developing a European paediatric network of existing national and European networks and centres with specific expertise in research and clinical trials relating to paediatric medicines...

Prioritising neonatal medicines research: UK Medicines for Children Research Network scoping survey

BACKGROUND The dosing regimen and indications for many medicines in current use in neonatology are not well defined. There is a need to prioritise research in this area, but currently there is little information about which drugs are used in UK neonatal units and the research needs in this area as perceived by UK neonatologists. METHODS The Neonatal Clinical Studies Group (CSG) of the Medicin...

Essential Medicines for Children: An Endocrine Perspective

Children and tuberculosis medicines: bridging the research gap.

a World Health Organization, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Correspondence to: Suzanne Hill (e-mail: [email protected]). doi:10.2471/BLT.08.056804 The incidence and prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) in children are increasing and becoming a particular problem in countries that are also affected by the HIV epidemic.1 Tuberculosis in children has been seen as hard to diagnose but, at lea...