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ON THE REGISTRATION OF THE DRUGS IN THE REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA

FarmavitaR+ brings you a short description of drugs registration procedure in the Republic of Albania.

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Drug repositioning strategies: a different approach to innovation

With increased investment in R&D largely failing to fill drug development pipelines, the pharma industry is looking to get more bang for its R&D buck by generating some return out of failed drug candidates and extra return out of others. Drug re-positioning has become a key strategy for pharmaceutical groups, and according to Datamonitor, this approach is set to become more frequently employed

Russia's Emerging OTC Market Holds Problems As Well As Promise

Russia's rapidly growing over-the-counter market offers pharmaceutical companies a chance to expand their business, but its complex regulations and lengthy registration timelines may hinder entry.

"Russia is one of the biggest pearls," said Amra Pasovic, new and emerging markets regulatory affairs director with Johnson & Johnson Group of Consumer Companies in Russia.

The Difficulty in Readability Testing

Since readability testing became a necessity for better patient understanding of leaflets, there has been a plethora of ways to test a leaflet.   To the outsider, presenting a leaflet to a participant, asking a set of preset questions and recording the responses could appear to be enough to gauge the user friendliness of a Package Leaflet (PL).  However, a simple yes/no dichotomic approach quickly yields an unforeseen variable which can aptly be demonstrated in the following hypothetical situation.