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AGEPHA Pharma’s LODOCO gets US FDA approval for cardiovascular disease

Pharmaceutical Technology

The regulatory approval was based on the findings obtained from a double-blind, multinational, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trial conducted in 5,522 chronic coronary disease patients. We are dedicated to addressing heart disease, the leading cause of death, by ensuring all patients have access to LODOCO.”

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Grand Rounds December 15, 2023: Diversifying Clinical Trials: A Path Forward (Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, FESC)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Yet enrollment of ethnic minorities in NIH clinical trials and for trials studying approved devices and drugs remains low. There are several strategies that will help increase diversity in CVD trials. Increasing diversity in trial leadership is one of the most important strategies to increase diversity among RCT participants.

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Grand Rounds July 14, 2023: Lessons From the COORDINATE-Diabetes Trial (Christopher B. Granger, MD; Neha J. Pagidipati, MD, MPH)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

The objective of COORDINATE-Diabetes trial was to improve the implementation and adoption of these therapies by testing the impact of a clinic-level, multifaceted intervention on the prescription of 3 key groups of evidence-based therapies. This was a cluster-randomized trial of 42 cardiology clinics across the U.S.,

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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plays a pivotal role in fostering the development of treatments for rare diseases through its Orphan Products Grants Program. Each year, FDA selects a limited number of clinical trials to fund to help sponsors pursue development of medical products for rare diseases and advance their field.

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STAT+: Pharmalittle: Pfizer scaling back early-stage research into rare diseases; BioNTech and U.K. partner on cancer trials

STAT News

… Pfizer told employees it plans to pull back on early-stage research into treatments for rare diseases, including the development of new viral-based gene therapies , Barron’s reports. Among the assets on the chopping block is a gene therapy manufacturing facility in Durham, N.C.,

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Cardiac Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials: Caveats and Considerations

XTalks

Cardiac biomarkers can not only serve important roles in the diagnosis, management and prognosis of cardiac diseases, but they can also be significant tools in evaluating treatments in cardiovascular (CV) clinical trials. In CV clinical trials, cardiac biomarkers are most commonly included in efficacy and safety endpoints.

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Heart and Kidney Health for All: Expanding Cardiovascular Clinical Trials to Include CKD Patients

XTalks

Yet, despite the overwhelming evidence linking CKD with this heightened cardiovascular risk, CKD patients are often underrepresented or outright excluded from cardiovascular clinical trials. Vice President of the Medical Department and Cardiology therapeutic lead, and Heather Lohr, Sr. Director of Clinical Trial Management.