EMA/FDA/Health Canada joint workshop addressing unmet needs of children with pulmonary arterial hypertension

This joint workshop organised the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada brings together experts and stakeholders to discuss requirements for the development of medicines in paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and to address the need of the current paediatric clinical practice in a timely manner. The objectives are to improve the understanding of problems related to the conduct of clinical trials in the paediatric population, refine endpoints and study design to address the clinical trials challenges in this rare paediatric population, set priorities in future research in the field of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics measurements and post-marketing tools in paediatric PAH medicines and provide medicine developers with more guidance specific to global product development which takes into account current limitations.