FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

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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AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Amidst a shifting clinical landscape characterized by increasingly complex trial designs and growing patient subpopulations, many contract research organizations (CROs) have adopted a “one-stop-shop” strategic approach. Moreover, these delays impact getting potentially lifesaving therapies to patients in need.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

APRIL 26, 2023

Biotechnology company Adcentrx Therapeutics has raised $38m in Series A+ financing to advance its pipeline of new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) therapeutics into clinical development. Adcentrx Therapeutics is focused on developing protein conjugate therapeutics to treat cancer and other life-threatening diseases.

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ACRP blog

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It’s even being used to review investigator invoices and automate financial reconciliations—a monthly headache every contract research organization, sponsor, and clinical trials operator will be more than happy to resign to machines. MGI puts the value of this contribution to clinical development at $15 billion to $25 b illion.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

German pharmaceutical firm Merck has extended its partnership with Moderna to jointly develop and sell mRNA-4157/V940, an investigational personalised cancer vaccine (PCV). In 2016, the companies entered a strategic partnership to develop novel messenger RNA (mRNA) based PCVs.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In clinical research, diversity is more than a prerequisite for a successful drug — it’s a critical component that enhances the validity and applicability of clinical trial outcomes. Diversity Action Plans have now moved from being a “nice-to-have” to a “must-have” in clinical trial designs.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Ast ellas Pharma has announced plans to make a strategic investment to back the development of Taysha Gene Therapies’ adeno-associated virus (AAV) development programmes for Rett syndrome and giant axonal neuropathy (GAN). This would allow the companies to boost the development of new therapy options for Rett syndrome and GAN patients.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

C4X Discovery (C4XD) and AstraZeneca have entered an exclusive global licensing agreement worth up to $402m to develop oral therapy to treat inflammatory and respiratory ailments. The deal has been signed to develop the C4X NRF2 Activator programme for these ailments. This includes an upfront payment of $2m from AstraZeneca.

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XTalks

MAY 28, 2024

The traditional clinical trials model is facing scrutiny. VivoSense , a pioneering company in the field of digital health technologies (DHTs) and digital endpoints for clinical trials, is aiming to enhance the efficiency and efficacy of clinical research.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Author: Lona Sheeran, SVP, Clinical Operations, Early Phase At this year’s Clinical Trials Nexus, I had the privilege of representing Worldwide Clinical Trials as the sole CRO on a panel discussion: “Reversing the Conversation: What the Clinical Trial Industry Really Wants from its Service Providers.”

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

However, the current MS pipeline offers new hope for PPMS patients, with three late-stage agents currently in development. Nonetheless, the increased focus on the development of PPMS treatment is a welcome game-changer for patients.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

JANUARY 21, 2025

Regulatory bodies such as the FDA oversee clinical trials to ensure that studies’ design, conduction, analysis, and reporting are per established guidelines and laws. Bioanalysis to support drug development requires meticulous attention to detail across many clinic and laboratory disciplines.

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XTalks

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Stephanie Manson Brown, VP & Head of Clinical Development & Scientific Innovation of R&D at Allergan Aesthetics at AbbVie. She also spoke about clinical trials in the space, including Allergan Aesthetics’ commitment to increasing diversity in trials and developing products that do not cater to any one beauty standard.

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XTalks

JUNE 4, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of pharmaceutical development, the complexity of early phase clinical trials is increasing. This surge in complexity is driven by escalating drug development costs, heightened competition and advanced scientific innovations. And that has a lot of downstream consequences.”

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CTTI (Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative)

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A new CTTI publication , published in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics , reviews current applications of disease progression modeling (DPM) and opportunities to advance the awareness and value of DPM in clinical trials.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

JUNE 9, 2023

Upstream Bio will use the funds to advance its UPB-101 into Phase II trials to treat asthma and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). It is also preparing for a swift transition to Phase III development. It targets the human thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor to inhibit signalling.

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Pharma Mirror

JUNE 8, 2022

The post Novotech Sponsors Endpoints ASCO 2022 Expert Panel on Accelerating Oncology Clinical Trials in China appeared first on Pharma Mirror Magazine. According to the Endpoints ASCO session: “China and the US are the world’s largest oncology research destinations, and the.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Different approaches that are studied include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), and gene therapies, which are in early clinical trials. Other lines of research look at the genetic overlap between FTD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which could be used in the development of treatments for both conditions.

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In this episode, Ayesha spoke with Mario Marcondes, MD, PhD, VP Head of Clinical Development at Nektar Therapeutics , a company focused on the discovery and development of novel therapies for autoimmune disorders and cancer. Dr. Marcondes is a licensed and trained physician, specializing in oncology and immune oncology.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 22, 2023

SinoMab BioScience intends to commence a Phase I clinical trial in China to evaluate SM17’s safety profile. The company dosed the first healthy participant in a Phase I clinical first-in-human (FIH) clinical trial in June 2022.

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BioPharma Reporter

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Memo Therapeutics AG will receive CHF 10.5m (US $11.4m) from the Swiss government to clinically develop a SARS-CoV-2 antibody against COVID-19, allowing it to start Phase 1 studies in Q1, 2022.

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XTalks

JANUARY 17, 2024

Estimates based on publicly available information suggest more than 40 percent of all new therapies in development are cancer treatments. Given this hotbed of activity, innovation in the space to drive faster decisions and more efficient trials is intense.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 24, 2022

Diversity in clinical trials is a “scientific imperative”, but how can industry bridge the gap between “why” and “how”? Removing barriers to clinical trial participation for underserved groups is an essential part of addressing health inequalities. Clinical trial participation, she went on, was vital.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

MAY 1, 2024

This process can be daunting, but understanding how to manage feedback effectively is crucial for developing and ultimately gaining approval for new therapies, especially in oncology clinical trials.

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Camargo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

One of the biopharmaceutical industry’s most closely watched forthcoming regulatory developments is the FDA’s imminent reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA). Many of the advancements included in PDUFA VII are driven in large part by an increase in the development of innovative products such as cell and gene therapies.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

AUGUST 4, 2022

Poseida Therapeutics and Roche have signed a strategic partnership and licence agreement to develop allogeneic CAR-T cell therapies for hematologic malignancies. P-BCMA-ALLO1 is currently being analysed in a Phase I clinical trial while an investigational new drug (IND) application for P-CD19CD20-ALLO1 is anticipated next year.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The push to increase diversity in clinical trials has gained momentum, but true progress requires more than regulatory mandates. In this webinar, industry leaders and patient advocates discussed how authenticity and the patient voice can be leveraged to enhance diversity in clinical trials.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

JANUARY 24, 2024

Much of what we discuss I covered in my presentation, “Leveraging Genetics to Support Rare Disease Clinical Trials,” at last year’s World Orphan Drug Congress (WODC) EU. The clinical research industry has an opportunity to better partner with genetics providers, clinicians, and genetic counselors to drive stronger enrollment pathways.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

MAY 26, 2023

HanAll Biopharma and Daewoong Pharmaceutical have entered into a co-development deal with NurrOn Pharmaceuticals to develop therapy for Parkinson’s disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders. Nurr1 is a class of proteins important for the development and maintenance of dopamine in the brain.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 29, 2024

OSP spoke to Berkeley Research Group healthcare managing director, Wendy Cheng for a discussion around developments in AI regulation for pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, and drug development at a global scale.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

On February 7, at a town hall organised to discuss clinical trial designs for gene therapies, FDA experts pushed pharma players to look for ways to establish clinical effectiveness despite the challenges in recruiting patients with rare diseases. GlobalData is the parent company of Pharmaceutical Technology.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

AUGUST 23, 2023

Patients are the backbone of clinical trials, playing an essential role in the drug development process. This engagement is often less understood and is underutilized by sponsors, meaning a significant element of the trial and drug experience is missed during sponsor engagement with the FDA.

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XTalks

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In this episode, Vera spoke with Morgan Hanger, Executive Director of the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI). CTTI is a public-private partnership dedicated to improving the quality and efficiency of clinical trials, with an ambitious “Transforming Trials 2030” vision.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Last year, we witnessed a significant milestone in oncology clinical development, with almost 50% of all development programs focused on oncology assets. To encourage further expansion and innovation in cancer studies, it’s critical to consider what contributes to success in an oncology trial.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The latest development is based on data obtained from an open-label clinical trial of Biktarvy. According to the trial findings, the treatment was demonstrated to be effective and well-tolerated through 24 weeks in adolescents who are virologically suppressed and children with HIV infection.

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Since the advent of modern medicine, the scientific community has developed more than 3,000 drugs for thousands of diseases. As a provider of end-to-end clinical development solutions, we plan to leverage our expertise to refine drug-disease matches identified by Every Cure’s use of AI and data analysis.

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