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REGULATORY WRITING – VITAL FOR CLINICAL STUDY

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Regulatory writing, a branch of medical writing, is essential for the conduction of clinical trials approved by the higher regulatory authorities. Regulatory medical writing encompasses various clinical documents produced during the various phases of treatment starting from description and documentation of the clinical trials to preparation of the regulatory suggestion documents. Examples of clinical documents applied in regulatory writing are the Common Technical Documents (CTD), Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), Clinical Study Protocols (CSPs), Patient Narratives and Safety Reports. The important national regulatory authorities are: ·          Central Drugs Standard Control organization (CDSCO) (India) ·          Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (United States) ·          Health Canada (Canada) ·          European Medicines agency (EMA) (European Union) ·          Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan (Japan) The efficacy and the safety of the drugs for overall cl

SIX BEST PRACTICES FOLLOWED IN REGULATORY WRITING

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  Regulatory writing is the development of preclinical and clinical research proceedings into documents following the guidance standards and description required for validation of a product in the clinical study. Experts from medical and scientific disciplines are generally employed to play this major role. The regulatory writer mainly focuses on writing the technical documents related to clinical trials, their results, background, pre-trial and safety information. Following are the below mentioned good practices essential while drafting the technical documents; ·          Clear information for clinical study The ideas have to be clearly explained and expressed in simple terms so that it is clearly understood by the target audience such as the clinical site staffs, investigators and regulatory authorities. Regulatory writer should have prime focus on the objectives of the clinical study with supported objective evidence. Application and benefits of the clinical study including its

REGULATORY SUBMISSION

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  Regulatory Submission An adverse event is reported and filed when a healthy volunteer/patient has a negative reaction to a drug. It contains information about the drug, its dose, purported effect, the patient’s health before and after the adverse event, and the patient reactions to the drug before and after the adverse event are among other things. Adverse event reporting sources include the information on the adverse event gathered from many sources. The types of reports include spontaneous/voluntary reports, clinical trials and post-marketing studies, regulatory reports, license partner reports, and literature reports. Regulatory authorities  reviews the results of laboratory, animal, and human clinical testing done by companies for pre-marketed products before approving worldwide. They monitor the benefit/risk balance of marketed drugs, in accordance with each country’s local or regional laws and regulations. #regulatorycompliance   #regulatoryreporting   #regulatoryaffairs   #reg