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Why Proactive AME Studies are Critical to Accelerating Your Approval Journey

Worldwide Clinical Trials

During clinical development, new chemical entities (NCEs) require an absorption, metabolism, and excretion (AME) study. Regardless of the formulation, the entire dose must be administered to each subject, and the dosing containers must be checked for residual radioactivity.

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This week in drug discovery (17-21 July)  

Drug Discovery World

The most impactful drug discovery news this week is all linked with scientific research data. Analysts Phesi revealed that a third of clinical development programmes are cancelled during Phase II, and there were significant trial results for drugs for head and neck cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Merck wins regulatory approval for combination therapy to treat la/mUC

Pharmaceutical Technology

Merck has secured approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) in combination with Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv) for first-line treatment of some adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC). The trial was jointly conducted by Seagen and Astellas.

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10 Key Learnings from Successful Cellular and Gene Therapy Trials for Rare Diseases

XTalks

Melanie Blank, clinical team leader for General Medicine Branch 1 at the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Division of Clinical Evaluation and Pharmacology/Toxicology (DCEPT), the agency is seeing one or two new applications coming in every week for new gene therapies for different diseases.

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$5 million to fund trial of immunotherapy for uveal melanoma

Drug Discovery World

ISA103 was developed using the company’s Synthetic Long Peptide (SLP) technology, designed to fully harness and direct the body’s defense mechanisms towards fighting the disease. It contains multiple long peptides spanning the most immunogenic regions of the PRAME protein. . A total of 90 patients will be enrolled in the trial. .

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How patient-on-a-chip tech could be the future of drug discovery

pharmaphorum

Testing drug compounds on a chip designed to mimic human organs sounds closer to science fiction than reality, yet the technology already exists and is already being put to use. The limits of animal models in drug discovery are well known. Organ-on-a-chip.

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Novavax Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Development Progress

The Pharma Data

Two of the three planned late-stage efficacy trials for NVX-CoV2373 sponsored by Novavax are fully enrolled, and more than 20,000 participants have been dosed to-date. In alignment with Novavax’ commitment to transparency, Phase 3 clinical trial protocols are posted to the company’s website at Novavax.com/resources upon finalization.