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Scleroderma drug trial shows up to 60% improvement

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Professor Dinesh Khanna, Frederick GL Huetwell Professor of Rheumatology and Director, Scleroderma Program at the University of Michigan said: “The mechanism of action for FT011 offers an important point of difference for the scleroderma research field as the upstream inhibition of inflammation and fibrosis may offer meaningful clinical outcomes.

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Small Pharma stock market launch funds DMT-based depression drug trial

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UK-based Small Pharma has launched on the Toronto’s TSX Venture Exchange, raising 58 million Canadian dollars (around £34m) to develop medicines based on N,N-dimethyltriptylene (DMT) to treat depression. The post Small Pharma stock market launch funds DMT-based depression drug trial appeared first on.

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Scepticism in press over Kintor’s COVID-19 US drug trial

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China’s Kintor Pharmaceutical has begun late-stage US clinical development of its potential COVID drug proxalutamide – but there is scepticism over the company’s claims about its research. The post Scepticism in press over Kintor’s COVID-19 US drug trial appeared first on.

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Unlocking the potential in rare disease research with decentralised trials

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Sites need to be close enough for travel, and the number of site visits and trial appointments must also be manageable for people living with the complications of having little-known and rarely-researched orphan diseases. In fact, how do rare disease patients even feel about clinical trials?

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This week in drug discovery (6-10 February)

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Clinical drug trials have made the headlines this week, as it was revealed that breast cancer still tops the bill for number of clinical studies and the shortcomings in current methods to ensure representation of patient populations in trials were exposed.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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Powers taught for more than six years at the National Institutes of Health, on medical product development and commercialisation, and at Georgetown Law School as an adjunct professor. Ng studied Neuroscience at University College London and Imperial College London, followed by a stint in academic research in the biotech sector.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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A recent survey of clinical trial professionals found that more than two-thirds of respondents (61%) believe giving patients choice will have a positive impact on clinical research, and well over half (58%) said that their organisations plan to give patients the option to choose how they participate in clinical trials moving forward.