{"id":1864,"date":"2026-10-06T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/reflection-papers\/patient-focused-drug-development\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:36:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:36:49","slug":"patient-focused-drug-development","status":"publish","type":"reflection_paper","link":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/reflection-papers\/patient-focused-drug-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient-Focused Drug Development (PFDD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ICH Reflection Paper on <em>Patient-Focused Drug Development<\/em> (PFDD) identifies key areas where incorporation of the patient\u2019s perspective could improve the quality, relevance, safety and efficiency of drug development and inform regulatory decision making. It also presents opportunities for development of new ICH guidelines to provide a globally harmonized approach to inclusion of the patient\u2019s perspective in a way that is methodologically sound and sustainable for both regulated industry and regulatory authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Reflection Paper was endorsed by the Assembly in November 2020 and was published on the ICH and other ICH Regulators\u2019 websites for public consultation up to March 2021. As a result of this public consultation, the Reflection Paper was revised and endorsed by the Assembly in June 2021, and can be downloaded below.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the &#8220;Outcome of Public Consultation&#8221; document, available for download below, presents a high-level overview of the comments received with indications on how these will influence the next steps in this ICH strategic priority area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ICH Reflection Paper on Patient-Focused Drug Development identifies key areas where incorporation of the patient\u2019s perspective could improve the quality, relevance, safety and efficiency of drug development and inform regulatory decision making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","guideline_category":[9],"guideline_tag":[],"rd_phase":[],"class_list":["post-1864","reflection_paper","type-reflection_paper","status-publish","hentry","guideline_category-efficacy"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reflection_paper\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reflection_paper"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reflection_paper"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reflection_paper\/1864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"guideline_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guideline_category?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"guideline_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guideline_tag?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"rd_phase","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.ich.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_phase?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}