clinical trials
EMA opens clinical trial data to public
October 25, 2016Manufacturing and Production Amgen, AstraZeneca, EMA, EU, Kyprolis, clinical reports, clinical trials
The European Medicine Agency has begun to release to the public data on clinical trial via their own website. The …
Gilead’s drug boosted by positive Phase II trials and aims to move forward
October 21, 2016Medical Communications Gilead, Gilead Sciences, clinical trials, fatty liver disease
Gilead Sciences has announced positive results from three Phase II studies upon their drug GS-4997, otherwise known as selonsertib. The …
FDA grants $23 million to boost research on rare diseases
October 19, 2016Research and Development Cancer, FDA, clinical trials, oncology
The FDA has continued their push to provide funding for experimental clinical trials into treatments of rare diseases. The FDA, …
Celgene trial displays promising results for Crohn’s disease alternative treatment
October 17, 2016Sales and Marketing Celgene, Celgene corporation, Crohn’s disease, clinical trials, crohn's disease, phase I, trial
Celgene International, part of Celgene Corporation, has released the results from a Phase Ib trial showing improvement in patients suffering …
Alnylam’s shares plunge by 42% after deaths in clinical trials
October 6, 2016Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Alnylam, Shares, clinical trials, deaths, failure, market value, phase III, revusiran
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’ shares lost close to half of their value as it was forced to end a trial of its …
Joanne Beckwith Joins the Clinical Trials Team at Woodley Equipment Company
September 30, 2016clinical research, clinical trials
Woodley Equipment Company Limited is pleased to announce Joanne Beckwith has joined Woodley’s Clinical Trials Division as Logistics Facilitator based at …
Cloud on the horizon: Cloud computing and the clinical trial
September 1, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Cloud Computing, ICON, clinical trials, ibm
Originally published in the September edition of Pharmafocus, Matt Fellows investigates how cloud computing may just be the answer the …
FDA bans clinical trial co-ordinator who faked patient samples and stole funds
March 22, 2016Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications FDA, HIV, clinical trials, faked, forgery, mcquerry, prison
The US Food and Drug Administration has permanently banned a clinical trial co-ordinator who was found to have falsified patient …
EMA starts review of Gilead Sciences’ Zydelig following safety concerns
March 14, 2016Research and Development, Sales and Marketing EMA, Gilead Sciences, blood cancer, clinical trials, zydelig
Regulators in Europe have initiated a safety review of Gilead Sciences’ (Nasdaq: GILD) blood cancer drug Zydelig (idelalisib) following reports …
Daiichi Sankyo to expand access to clinical trial data
February 3, 2016Research and Development Daiichi Sankyo, R&D, clinical trials, open access, open data, transparency
Daiichi Sankyo has announced today that it will share clinical trial data to qualified researchers through an online web request …
Pharma ‘forced to innovate in patient recruitment and retention’
January 27, 2016Research and Development Tufts, clinical trials, patient recruitment, patient retention
The ‘critical need’ to improve recruitment and retention in clinical trials is driving pharma to create a “structural change in …
AbbVie tests new hepatitis C drug in Phase III trials
January 11, 2016Research and Development AbbVie, clinical trials, hepatitis C, phase III
AbbVie has announced it has begun six global Phase III trials of its once-daily, ribavirin-free investigational hepatitis C virus regimen, …
Clinical trials increasingly funded by pharma industry
December 17, 2015Research and Development JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, NIH, National Institutes of Health, clinical trials, clinicaltrials.gov, pharma, research
The number of clinical trials funded by pharma has risen significantly since 2006, while the number funded by the US …
GSK collaborates on ‘smart inhaler’ technology for respiratory trials
December 3, 2015Research and Development COPD, GSK, Propeller, Propeller Health, asthma, clinical trials, ellipta, inhalers, smart drugs, smart inhalers
GSK has entered the ‘smart drug’ industry by partnering with a health technology company to develop a sensor for use …
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