pharmaphorum

MAY 7, 2021

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 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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 25, 2022

When cirrhosis complications develop, some will be lucky enough to be listed for a transplant. Cirrhosis is not just an “old drunk guys” disease, a stigma which has long hampered interest and investment in research. Dozens of companies are working at various stages of drug development. Others are not so fortunate.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 14, 2021

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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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 6, 2020

Lundbeck has axed a phase 2 trial of a schizophrenia drug, saying that the study was unlikely to meet its efficacy target. The company said it made the decision after a futility analysis indicated that the trial was not likely to succeed, when measured against a standard scale.

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Advarra

JUNE 27, 2023

Clinical trials are studies involving human volunteers to research ways to prevent, detect, and treat various medical conditions. The goal is to identify safer, more effective methods of treating illnesses using new drugs or new combinations of existing drugs.

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Scienmag

JULY 18, 2021

Researchers are using computer models to simulate COVID-19 infections on a cellular level – the basic structural level of the human body. The models allow for virtual trials of drugs and vaccines, opening the possibility of pre-assessment for drug and vaccine efficacy against the virus.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 19, 2021

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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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Unlike commercial pharmaceutical packaging, the primary consideration in clinical trial packaging is protecting the product quality and reliability for research. Furthermore, the list includes clinical supply packaging, as well as labelling, storage, and logistics service providers for drug trial projects.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 4, 2020

New research looks at the factors that speed up and slow down HTA appraisals for rare disease medicines across Europe. Rare diseases drugs have always faced challenges when it comes to HTA approvals, even as governments bring in more regulatory policies that make their path through assessment easier. Source: CRA Analysis.

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XTalks

JULY 29, 2021

Just as clinical researchers in other therapeutic areas have renewed their commitment to improving participant diversity in clinical trials, so too have those working in Alzheimer’s research. Fortunately, there are a number of researchers working on this issue. Similarly, older Latino and Hispanic individuals are 1.5

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 20, 2023

What are benefits of drug repurposing and why do clinical drug trials so often fail? Diana Spencer summarises the key messages from the ‘Drug Repurposing: Challenges and Opportunities’ Symposium held at the 19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (WCP) 2023.

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Advarra

AUGUST 16, 2022

Orphan drugs have historically faced a number of barriers, such as limited research and development (R&D) investment due to an expected lack of profitability as well as challenges in clinical trial design and recruitment. Before 1983, only 38 orphan drugs had received U.S. The FDA Since 1983.

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VirTrial

MAY 26, 2020

The solution enables pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs to evaluate, qualify and routinely monitor research sites for studies without physical travel. COVID-19 spurred a significant increase in Virtual Pre-Site inquiries to accommodate site monitoring for existing studies and to expedite study startups for COVID and other drug trials.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

million, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to speed up drug development. With the acquisition MindMed gains access to HealthMode’s intellectual property, platforms for clinical drug trials, and its entire 24-strong digital medicine team.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

BioPharma Dive interviewed our Derek Ansel on how to conduct psychedelic clinical research. In April 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on developing a “Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan” for clinical trials. Looking to diversify the reach of your orphan drug trial?

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XTalks

MAY 16, 2023

The exact cause of pulmonary fibrosis is often unknown, and in such cases, it is referred to as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF); however, certain factors can contribute to the development of pulmonary fibrosis, including environmental and occupational exposures, certain medications, autoimmune diseases and genetic predisposition.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

. “This way, the control group does not need to recruit patients, which also increases the cost-efficiency of drug development,” according to Aalto’s Prof Harri Lähdesmäki, who also works within the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence (FCAI).

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Analysing real-world health data could help overcome the bias towards men in traditional medical research, says Sensyne Health’s Dr Lucy Mackillop. Medical research has often focused on men, meaning that the insights gained have not always been reflective of how women would react to a treatment or disease.

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Drug Discovery World

MARCH 7, 2023

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.”

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . It can also permit targeted screening of known disease complications and access to drug studies. Context .

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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.

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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

As people have become more conscious and vocal about diversity and inclusion, Page & Page’s Lisa Lishman says pharma should reassess how it conducts clinical trials. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most important industries in the world, providing lifesaving drugs and treatment to people who need it the most.

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XTalks

APRIL 26, 2021

After years of disappointing malaria vaccine trials, a malaria shot developed by researchers at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford has demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficacy of 77 percent, and may be the magic bullet the world has been waiting for against the deadly disease.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK have started a trial of TNF inhibitor adalimumab for COVID-19 patients in care homes and other community settings. AVID-CC is funded by the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, an initiative set up by Wellcome, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Mastercard in March.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Breast cancer retained its position as the most-studied disease area in clinical trials in 2022, according to a recent report by analytics company Phesi. Here, we take a look at the top four disease areas and some of the key developments in 2022. Capivasertib could offer a completely new treatment option for these patients.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Biomarkers will be critical to developing precision medicine for Alzheimer’s disease. Although a few are out there, phosphorylated tau (P-tau) may enable even earlier and more accurate detection, according to Eli Lilly-associated researchers speaking at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) virtual conference in early November.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 25, 2021

GlaxoSmithKline has suffered another research setback after it axed a phase 2 trial of an anti-LAG3 drug in patients with ulcerative colitis, following a major disappointment with a key lung cancer drug last week. The post GSK suffers another R&D setback, axing ulcerative colitis drug trial appeared first on.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Clinical Trials Don’t Reflect Demographics. Disease doesn’t discriminate, and researchers understand different populations react differently to drugs. Why, then, are clinical trials so stubbornly homogeneous? Clinical trials, however, don’t reflect that diversity. Why aren’t clinical trials more inclusive?

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

And Black people continue to face generational disenfranchisement in healthcare systems and medical research. They are also at a high risk of developing heart disease and stroke. times greater risk of developing kidney disease and are 2.3 They are also more likely to develop hypertension earlier in life than white individuals.

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XTalks

AUGUST 4, 2022

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is emphasizing the need for diversity in clinical trials. This started back in 1993 when the FDA established guidelines to increase diversity by gender and race/ethnicity of participants in clinical trials that were contributing to new drug approvals.

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Advarra

MARCH 21, 2023

Regulations for research involving devices, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs), and digital therapeutics differ from those governing pharmaceutical development. These products will require clinical trial data to get to market, but with significantly fewer participants required as compared to a drug trial.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 2, 2023

These advances are seen in many indications of imaging as it relates to drug trials – oncological, cardiovascular, metabolic, NASH, musculoskeletal and other. Development and application of artificial intelligence in cardiac imaging’. This is in part due to the tumour’s heterogeneity in appearance and its irregular shape.

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World of DTC Marketing

JULY 19, 2021

CDC and new drugs have fostered an era of mistrust with some people. DTC marketers need to be more forthcoming when it comes to drug trials and side effects. Besides the blatant misinformation, most issues revolve around long-term safety as people feel the vaccine was developed too quickly.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 17, 2024

Challenges in the Oncology Clinical Trials Space The oncology market is a key growth driver for the pharma industry, with global drug revenues expected to reach US$390 billion by 2027 and the annual number of new cancer cases set to grow from 18 to 27 million by 2040 1,2.

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Placebo Control

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Instead of looking at registered trials and following them through to publication, this study starts with a random sample of phase 3 and 4 drug trials that already had results posted on ClinicalTrials.gov - so in one, very obvious sense, none of the trials in this study went unpublished.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Pharmacovigilance refers to the practice of collecting, detecting, assessing, monitoring and preventing adverse effects (AEs) caused by new drug substances. RWS’ resource management team also had to develop new methods to ensure the availability of linguistic resources and ‘any language, anytime’ capabilities.

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