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Mathematical model can speed up Alzheimer’s drug development

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The simulator could also be used by pharmaceutical companies to rapidly test multiple drug therapies and patient scenarios, increasing the speed and cost of drug development. The post Mathematical model can speed up Alzheimer’s drug development appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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NIH Avant Garde Award for out-of-box, innovative concept to cure HIV and treat addiction

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Multi-disciplinary approach to eradicate all traces of HIV from body, and treat co-existing substance use disorders/addiction Credit: UMSOM University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Professor of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Linda Chang, MD, MS, received the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) 2021 Avant Garde Award (DP1) (..)

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FDA approves Phase III cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy trial

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Minoryx Therapeutics’ Phase III clinical trial (CALYX) of leriglitazone, to treat adult male X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) patients with cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy (cALD). Patient recruitment is expected to start by the end of Q2 2023 with results anticipated by late 2025.

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AI-Driven Software ProstatID by Bot Image Receives FDA Clearance for Diagnosis and Detection of Prostate Cancer

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Last week, Bot Image announced in a press release that their ProstatID software received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in detecting and diagnosing prostate cancer by combining AI with traditional MRI scanning. The software’s algorithm assigns a cancer probability to any suspicious cancer lesions it detects.

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What will the 2023 drug discovery landscape look like?

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DDW Multimedia Editor Megan Thomas observes the 2023 drug discovery landscape, speaking to industry experts and looking at the foundations of 2022 on which next year will lean. In early November 2022, two Alzheimer’s drugs were tested head-to-head in a first-ever virtual clinical trial 3. We’ve shown that this type of model can work.

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Heart Valve Collaboratory announces U.S. FDA participation in collaborative community

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) will participate in this “collaborative community” A medical “collaboratory” is a forum in which multidisciplinary private and public sector members work together on medical […].

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BioUtah Announces Headline Speakers for the 2020 Virtual Utah Life Sciences Summit

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Jeffrey Shuren, MD, JD, director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDHR) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Dr. Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) at the … Continue reading →