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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

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. The life sciences sector has traditionally outperformed others when it comes to attracting women to its workforce.

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Drug repurposing: The benefits, risks and what we learned from Covid-19

Drug Discovery World

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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Diversity in Clinical Trials: Tackling the Issues in Alzheimer’s Research at AAIC 2021

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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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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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To ease this burden, the life sciences industry has been searching for ways to make clinical trials more accessible for patients and to drive participation numbers, increase participant diversity, and improve overall patient experience. Imagine, clinical research as an accessible care option to anyone. Keep it simple.

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An Evolving Regulatory Environment for Rare and Orphan Diseases

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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. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

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Clinical Trials for Pulmonary Fibrosis: How Can Participation Be Improved?

XTalks

They aim to improve patient outcomes, slow disease progression and enhance quality of life. Here’s an overview of clinical trials for pulmonary fibrosis: Drug trials: These trials may involve investigational drugs targeting specific pathways involved in fibrosis or assessing the efficacy of approved drugs in combination therapy.

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Cardiovascular Clinical Trials with Patient Diversity: Challenges and Considerations

XTalks

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.