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Nephron NEWS-Nov.11.2009

Issue 8  [November 2009] I strongly encourage the readers of Nephron Digest to engage in a dialogue by emailing me to discuss issues of global nephrological interest. These would be addressed by expert members of the editorial board of Nephron. Also readers are encouraged to request topics that they would like to be updated upon through the Mini Review series of Nephron Clinical Practice. This issue of Nephron Digest, based on papers from Nephron Clinical Practice issue 113/3/09, contains a minireview on drug development, a critical review of the 2008 UK NICE CKD Guidance and introduces the new series on Kidney Disease and Population Health. Professor Meguid El Nahas, PhD, FRCP Editor, Nephron Clinical Practice nephron@sheffield.ac.uk m.el-nahas@sheffield.ac.uk Digest of issue 113/3/2009 The minireview by Tamimi and Ellis, UK (Nephron Clin Pract 2009;113:c125-c131) explains the stages of drug development, going through details of regulatory approval. It also reminds ...