Eliza began reporting on health and medical science in 2018 while completing her Master’s degree in Journalism at City, University of London. During her degree program she interned at C+D and on the London Evening Standard’s health desk. In the years since, Eliza has written about everything from mid-stage drug development to market access for medicines and devices in the EU and beyond. Her work explores the trials and tribulations of securing reimbursement for medical products in Europe, and Eliza is particularly interested in the challenges of funding innovation in health care. Eliza has lived in London since 2017 and is originally from Cheshire, in the north west of England. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Manchester and is in the process of completing a second undergraduate degree in Biomedicine from Birkbeck College, an evening university that is part of the University of London.
Latest from Eliza Slawther
Mary Jane Hinrichs, Ipsen’s head of early development, talks to In Vivo about getting ahead of the competition by securing deals for candidates before they enter Phase I trials.
The UK will require all antibiotic manufacturers looking to apply for funding under its subscription payment model to demonstrate they are meeting waste discharge standards in a bid to reduce antimicrobial resistance.
Pharmaceutical companies should only use AI in evidence generation and reporting where there is “demonstrable value from doing so,” according to England’s health technology assessment body, NICE.
It is “absolutely fundamental” that manufacturers of cell and gene therapies interact with inspectors from regulatory agencies to understand their expectations around good manufacturing practice, a compliance consultant at CDMO eXmoor pharma says.
Brexit has been cited as a cause of the UK’s 2020 decline in clinical trials, but research suggests that other global trends including the pandemic also had a large impact. Meanwhile, the MHRA’s efforts to incentivize sponsors could boost trial figures “substantially,” an expert says.
Regulators can help companies to determine which biomarker is right for their development program before starting clinical trials, boosting the chances of success, Ipsen’s head of early development says.