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Trial backs Lilly’s Olumiant plus remdesivir as combo COVID-19 therapy

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Adding Eli Lilly’s rheumatoid arthritis drug Olumiant (baricitinib) and Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir reduces recovery time in COVID-19 patients compared to remdesivir alone, says a new trial. ACTT-2 used a 4mg dose of the drug, which wasn’t approved by the FDA on safety grounds.

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New Hope Against Diseases Marked by Progressive Scarring of Lung Tissue

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15, 2021 — An inhaled medication might make every day physical activity a bit easier for patients with serious scarring of the lungs, a new clinical trial finds. 13 in the New England Journal of Medicine , involved patients with high blood pressure in the lungs caused by interstitial lung disease (ILD). FRIDAY, Jan.

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Economist Impact: World Cancer Series – pharmaphorum in attendance, day one (part ii)

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After all, the EU Beating Cancer Plan was initiated before the pandemic and the tools that exist now – precision medicine, high-performance computing, AI – all of these are essentials for equitable access and innovative medicine. And in the UK over 30% of clinical trials funded has one European partner at least.

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£2 million secured to fuel expansion in early phase clinical trials  

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Integrated drug formulation and clinical trials company, BDD Clinical Trials, has secured a further round of investment for £2M to aid the company’s expansion in response to growing demand for both its patented drug delivery technology and specialist clinical trial services.