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STAT+: Pfizer scraps half of participants in Lyme disease drug trial due to quality issues

STAT News

Pfizer and partner Valneva are scrapping data from roughly half of the participants in a Phase 3 trial of a Lyme disease vaccine candidate after uncovering quality issues with a third-party clinical trial operator.

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Malaria Vaccine a Breakthrough Success with 77 Percent Efficacy

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After years of disappointing malaria vaccine trials, a malaria shot developed by researchers at the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford has demonstrated an unprecedentedly high efficacy of 77 percent, and may be the magic bullet the world has been waiting for against the deadly disease.

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Treatment for all: the key steps to better representation in pharma

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As people have become more conscious and vocal about diversity and inclusion, Page & Page’s Lisa Lishman says pharma should reassess how it conducts clinical trials. The pharmaceutical industry is one of the most important industries in the world, providing lifesaving drugs and treatment to people who need it the most.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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Lack of access, strict regulations, and demanding schedules have made it extremely difficult for patients to participate in clinical trials. A 2018 NIH survey found that patients felt clinical trial participation to be inconvenient and burdensome, and nearly half (49.0%) said it disrupted their daily routine.

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Why Black People Remain Underrepresented in Clinical Trials

XTalks

There has been increasing awareness around the need for improving inclusion and diversity in clinical trials. As such, there has been a growing emphasis on efforts to achieve better and more accurate representations of minority and underrepresented populations like Black people in clinical studies.

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Mathematical models and computer simulations are the new frontiers in COVID-19 drug trials

Scienmag

The models allow for virtual trials of drugs and vaccines, opening the possibility of pre-assessment for drug and vaccine efficacy against the virus. Researchers are using computer models to simulate COVID-19 infections on a cellular level – the basic structural level of the human body.

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Scepticism in press over Kintor’s COVID-19 US drug trial

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Kintor posted a press release at the end of April to announce that phase 3 clinical development had begun and since then it has seen its share price rise considerably on the Hong Kong stock exchange. But Reuters reported that the doctor identified as its principal clinical trial investigator has said he is not in charge of the trial.