Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Clinical
outcome
Clinical
relevance
Non-approved
(n=23)
Approved
(n=45)
18
12
EMA, European Medicines Agency; MAA, marketing authorization application. *Definitions of positive (+)
and negative () scores are given in Supplementary information S2 (box).
N E W S & A N A LY S I S
FROM THE ANALYSTS COUCH
Nonapproved
(n=23)
Approved
(n=45)
Univariate OR
for non-approval
(95% CI)
Multivariate OR
for non-approval
(95% CI)
2 (11%)
16 (89%)
Reference
Reference
21 (42%)
29 (58%)
5.8 (1.227.9)
6.1 (0.942.7)
4 (9%)
38 (91%)
Reference
Reference
19 (73%)
7 (7%)
25.8 (6.799.1)
21.7 (5.094.0)
7 (18%)
31 (82%)
Reference
Reference
16 (53%)
14 (47%)
5.1 (1.715.1)
4.6 (1.120.0)
Development plan
Clinical outcome
Clinical relevance
CI, confidence interval; EMA, European Medicines Agency; MAA, marketing authorization application; OR,
odds ratio. *Definitions of positive (+) and negative () scores are given in Supplementary information S2 (box).
Positive scores are taken as reference categories. The odds ratios indicate the association between a
negative score and non-approval.
2 (11%)
16 (89%)
Reference
5 (25%)
15 (75%)
2.3 (0.411.6)
3 (37%)
5 (63%)
3.4 (0.620.2)
13 (59%)
9 (41%)
5.3 (1.223.6)
CI, confidence interval; EMA, European Medicines Agency. *Definitions of positive (+) and negative ()
scores are given in Supplementary information S2 (box). Categorized for learning and confirmatory phase.
A positive score in both phases was taken as the reference.
Disclaimer
The views expressed in this article are the personal views of the
authors and must not be understood or quoted as being made
on behalf of or reflecting the position of the European Medicines
Agency or one of its committees or working parties.
FURTHER INFORMATION
European Public Assessment Report for Esbriet:
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/
medicines/human/medicines/002154/human_med_001417.
jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d125&murl=menus/medicines/
medicines.jsp
European Public Assessment Report for Iressa:
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/
medicines/human/medicines/001016/human_med_000857.
jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124
European Public Assessment Report for Mozobil:
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/
medicines/human/medicines/001030/human_med_000910.
jsp&murl=menus/medicines/medicines.jsp&jsenabled=true
European Public Assessment Report for Multaq:
http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/
medicines/human/medicines/001043/human_med_001207.
jsp&mid=WC0b01ac058001d124
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
See online article: S1 (table) | S2 (box)
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