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E5 GL evolves from a Conjecture (or a grand excuse) to a Solid Ground. E5 guideline is something like a conjecture that has not been proved yet. I am sincerely grateful to those who made the first “let’s sink or swim” decision, based on their expertise. Must be carefully applied.
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E5 GL evolves from a Conjecture (or a grand excuse) to a Solid Ground • E5 guideline is something like a conjecture that has not been proved yet. • I am sincerely grateful to those who made the first “let’s sink or swim” decision, based on their expertise. • Must be carefully applied. • It does evolve, however, with experiences, as mentioned in E5 GL itself. • Making it to a solid ground is our real goal. Kitasato-Harvard 2002 S ONO
Drugs approved in Japan based on the “E5 conjecture” • 1999: 2 / 39 NCEs approved • 2000: 3 / 39 NCEs approved • 2001: 5 / 23 NCEs approved • It is these drugs that will establish the scientific authenticity of E5 guideline. • Real-world constatation has just started. Kitasato-Harvard 2002 S ONO
Public Health is THE concern for the regulators. • Public health is not A concern; it is THE concern for regulatory people fueled by taxpayers’ money. • If their conservativeness ‘truly’ came from such concern, who can blame them? (Unrealistic assumption?) • Efficiency on producer’s (ie, investigators, industry) side does not necessarily guarantee efficiency in society; consumers (ie, regulators, practitioners, patients) have their say. (as long as economists at Harvard School of Public Health taught me right....) Kitasato-Harvard 2002 S ONO