clinical trials
The December 2020 issue of Pharmafocus is available to read free online now!
November 24, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing COVID-19, clinical trials, diabetes, outsourcing
The final 2020 monthly edition of Pharmafocus is available to read for free online now! After a long and theatrical …
Regeneron halts Phase 1 study into ultra-rare disease due to patient deaths
November 3, 2020Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Regeneron, clinical trials, garetosmab, pharma
Regeneron has slammed the brakes on its Phase 1 trial of garetosmab in the treatment of the ultra-rare condition fibrodysplasia …
Clinical trial suggests new schizophrenia drug could reduce symptoms
April 16, 2020Business Services D2, clinical trials, schizophrenia
Results from a newly published clinical trial suggest that a new compound could treat a broad range of schizophrenia symptoms. …
British Health Secretary says more patients with COVID-19 are needed for clinical trials
April 6, 2020Sales and Marketing COVID-19, UK, clinical trials, coronavirus
Matt Hancock, the UK’s Health Secretary, has said that more patients with the COVID-19 coronavirus are need in clinical trials …
Female participation up in 2019 US clinical trials, but minority representation down
February 27, 2020Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, clinical trials, pharma
The FDA’s Drugs Trials Snapshots 2019 report has been released, clarifying the demographic distribution of participants who were included in …
US Judge rules that a decade of unpublished trial results must be made public
February 27, 2020Medical Communications, Research and Development FDA, US, clinical trials, pharma
A federal judge in New York’s Southern District has ruled that 10 years of unpublished clinical trial data must now …
New antibiotic discovered by AI for the first time
February 21, 2020Medical Communications AI, AI Clinical Trials, AI Drugs, AI antibiotics, MIT, algorithm, clinical trials
MIT researchers have identified a new antibiotic compound using a machine-learning algorithm. In the laboratory tests, the drug killed many …
NICE gives initial ‘no’ to NHS England for kidney cancer drug
February 18, 2020Manufacturing and Production NHS England, NICE, clinical trials, inlyta, keytruda
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not recommended Keytruda (pembrolizumab) and Inlyta (axitinib) for the treatment …
85% of patients see benefit in clinical trials, but 43% were never given the option to participate, report finds
February 7, 2020Medical Communications, Research and Development clinical trials, pharma
Patients regularly find value in participating in clinical trials, but many are not given the option by medical professionals and …
How AI is making clinical trials more accurate and affordable
February 5, 2020Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AI, AI Clinical Trials, Apple, Apple Watch., apple watch, clinical trials
Clinical trials are one of the longest and most expensive steps of bringing a drug to market. Conor Kavanagh investigates …
Bringing the clinical trial home
November 18, 2019Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing clinical trials, feature, research
Clinical trials are the backbone of healthcare and drug research, but many key patient populations have in the past been …
Ebola drugs prove 90% effective in clinical trial in DRC
August 13, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Congo, DRC, Ebola, clinical trials, infectious diseases, niaid, pharma
Health professionals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are now offering two experimental drugs to people infected with Ebola, …
Transgene terminates oncolytic IO combo trial in advanced liver cancer
August 8, 2019Research and Development Cancer, Transgene, clinical trials, liver cancer, pharma
Biotech firm Transgene has announced its decision to terminate a study investigating the efficacy of its oncolytic immunotherapy product Pexa-Vec …
Pfizer’s sickle cell drug flops at Phase 3 trial
August 6, 2019Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing Pfizer, Sickle cell, clinical trials, pharma, reset
Pfizer has said its sickle cell drug rivipansel failed to meet its primary endpoint or key secondary endpoints in a …
Acadia’s schizophrenia drug flops in Phase 3 trial
July 23, 2019Manufacturing and Production acadia, clinical trials, menatl health, neuroscience, pharma, phase 3, schizophrenia
Acadia Pharmaceuticals has said its schizophrenia drug Nuplazid (primavanserin) has failed to beat placebo in a Phase 3 trial. Nuplazid …
