Software issue casts doubt over data used to approve some drugs


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 15 Oct 2014

BAD NEWS: The reliability of clinical tests used to win approval for some medicines — particularly generic copies of original drugs — could be in doubt due to an apparent software glitch that may mean data was calculated incorrectly. — Reuters

LONDON: The reliability of clinical tests used to win approval for some medicines — particularly generic copies of original drugs — could be in doubt due to an apparent software glitch that may mean data was calculated incorrectly. 

An official at the London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) told Reuters that the issue, involving Thermo Fisher Scientific's Kinetica package, would be discussed by European regulators at a meeting next week. 

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