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Renal Toxicity Warnings And Precautions Of Drugs Marketed In The Us, Mohammad Al Ghamdi

Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) Theses

INTRODUCTION: The use of drugs can lead to renal adverse effects prompting the need to include warnings and precautions on medication labels. Studies evaluating renal warnings and precautions need to be improved. This study assessed the characteristics of FDA renal toxicity warnings and precautions included in the labels of drugs approved by the FDA and marked in the US. The study also evaluated the potential factors of including a boxed warning on a drug label.

METHODS: We extracted the labels of human prescription drugs with renal toxicity boxed warnings and warnings and precautions from the “FDA Label: Full-Text Search of …

An Economic And Regulatory Analysis Of Breast Cancer Drugs Approved By The Us Food And Drug Administration, Abdullah Althomali

Pharmaceutical Sciences (MS) Theses

Introduction

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women and the leading cause of cancer death among women worldwide. The pharmacological options for breast cancer include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy, which are used for the prevention or treatment of breast cancer. This study assessed trends in FDA approvals and prices at the market entry of new drugs indicated for breast cancer in the period 1980-2022. The study also evaluated the factors associated with the price of the new breast cancer drugs at market entry.

Material and Methods

Regulatory data were collected from the FDA website, and …