The revision of Guidelines for Clinical Evaluation Methods of Anti-Cancer Drugs in Japan]

It has been ten years since the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Japan issued Guidelines for Clinical Evaluation Methods of anti-cancer Drugs in February, 1991. The circumstance surrounding anti-cancer drugs have now changed dramatically with the development of molecular-targeting drugs, introduction of clinical data in overseas countries for approval of new drugs in Japan, etc. Based on these changes, this guideline was revised in November 2005.