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Scleroderma drug trial shows up to 60% improvement

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently granted Orphan Drug Designation for FT011 for the treatment of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma). It is important to advance safe and effective treatments through clinical development, given the limited therapeutic options for scleroderma patients.

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

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DMT is a powerful hallucinogenic drug found in several plants including the South American plant chacruna and when used recreationally is mixed with the ayahuasca plant to make the shamanic brew of the same name. The goal of the trial is for proof of concept of the drug as a wrap-around therapy for Major Depressive Disorder.

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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. Reuters quoted Kintor’s chief financial officer Lucy Lu, who said that Kayali was one of its trial investigators.

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Avacta opens two US sites and doses first patient in sarcoma drug trial

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TWO US clinical investigator sites have been opened for a phase 1 clinical trial for patients with soft tissue sarcoma and the first patient has been dosed.

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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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Vicore initiates clinical proof-of-concept study of endothelial dysfunction 

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Official comments “Measuring endothelial dysfunction with the EndoPAT technology in drug trials is a cost-effective and robust method for early documentation of proof-of-concept in pulmonary, renal and vascular diseases” says Elin Rosendahl, VP Clinical Operations, Vicore Pharma.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. Here at FAB our proprietary approach aims to overcome this fundamental challenge to human health as we work to discover and develop new drugs for age-associated diseases.”