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Juvenile animal studies for the development of paediatric medicines: a description and conclusions from a European Medicines Agency workshop on juvenile animal testing for nonclinical assessors.
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PMID:  20632393     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A workshop organised by the European Medicines Agency involved assessors and experts present in a Nonclinical Working Group evaluating juvenile animal studies for Paediatric Investigation Plans in collaboration with the Paediatric Committee and the Safety Working Party of the Committee for Human Medicinal Products. The objective of the workshop was to analyse which juvenile animal studies proposals were received and agreed by the Paediatric Committee, to check consistency and how to apply the existing European guideline on juvenile animal studies. A comparison of main organ system development in man vs. animal species was presented to guide the review and to support species selection and protocol design. An analysis of juvenile animal studies included in finalised PIP's was also presented. Out of 109 paediatric investigation plans finalised between November 2008 and March 2009, 43 included one or more juvenile animal studies. In most cases the preferred species was the rat; one species only was requested to be studied (20/22), but in a minority two species were required (2/22). When deciding on the characteristics of the juvenile animal studies, such as age of animals at study start, the age of the children targeted by the medicine was considered. It is expected that the increasing experience gained by Applicants and Regulators will allow further refining the criteria for these juvenile animal studies. Further research on this topic is highly encouraged in the European Regulatory framework.
Authors:
Beatriz Silva-Lima; Mette Due Theilade-Thomsen; Jacqueline Carleer; Jean-Marc Vidal; Paolo Tomasi; Agnes Saint-Raymond
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Birth defects research. Part B, Developmental and reproductive toxicology     Volume:  89     ISSN:  1542-9741     ISO Abbreviation:  Birth Defects Res. B Dev. Reprod. Toxicol.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-12-16     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101155115     Medline TA:  Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  467-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
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© 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
iMED UL, University of Lisbon, and INFARMED, Lisbon, Portugal.
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