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From data to cure: The journey of AI in cancer trials

Drug Discovery World

Deepika Khedekar , Associate Centralized Clinical Trial Lead at IQVIA Inc, looks at the challenges of utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology clinical research. MIT research 4 tells us a hard truth: about 95% of these trials fall short, leaving behind a trail of broken hopes for cancer patients each year.

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Where is the promise for plant-based medicines? Part 3 

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In the third and final part of this series of articles focused on plant-based medicines, DDW’s Megan Thomas evaluates therapeutic breakthroughs using plant-based products in drug discovery. In this study, researchers discovered how EGCG breaks apart tangles of the protein tau, a ‘hallmark’ of Alzheimer’s disease.

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Flow cytometry: advantages in immunotherapy clinical trials

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Patients provide blood samples for clinical trial sponsors to develop and deliver these emerging immunotherapies. A central lab with a global footprint provides both the efficient transportation arrangement and scientific rigor required to unlock the valuable information contained within patients’ biological samples.

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Biologic CAR T cell engager approved for UK clinical trial

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The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted Aleta Biotherapeutics a clinical trial authorisation (CTA) to evaluate biologic ALETA-001 in a Phase I/II clinical trial in patients with B-cell malignancies who are relapsed/refractory to CD19 CAR T cell therapy.

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No drugs for prions: could new approaches alleviate therapeutic scarcity?

Pharmaceutical Technology

As per the prevailing prion theory, a misfolded version of a normal cell-surface protein acts as the chief infectious agent. It is ultra-rare,” says Jesús Rodriguez Requena, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela. And then comes the question of the right target.

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Hipra’s Covid-19 booster gets EMA nod and enters an uncertain landscape

Pharmaceutical Technology

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended HIPRA’s Covid-19 vaccine , Bimervax, as a Covid-19 booster. Available to people ages 16 years and above who have been vaccinated with a Covid-19 mRNA vaccine, EMA’s Human Medicines Committee concluded the vaccine is ready for marketing authorization in the EU, on 30 March.

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AZ resumes UK coronavirus vaccine trial

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AstraZeneca has resumed UK trials for its coronavirus vaccine, after the country’s medicines regulator gave the all-clear following a safety scare. A UK safety committee has concluded its investigations and recommended to the country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) that trials are safe to resume.