BioPharma Reporter

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Kibow Biotech is celebrating its 25th anniversary as the company pivots toward developing a drug based on its proprietary probiotic strains that benefit kidney disease suffers.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 27, 2020

US biotech BioSig Technologies has abandoned a phase 2 trial of its antiviral drug merimepodib with Gilead’s Veklury in severe COVID-19 patients, after concluding the safety of the combination was in doubt. Moreover, as an orally-active drug merimepodib could also have found a role outside the hospital setting.

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Roots Analysis

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Shares of Zealand Pharma experienced a significant surge, jumping 16% as the market opened on Monday, following the release of groundbreaking phase II trial results for an experimental obesity treatment being developed in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. The trial, conducted by Boehringer Ingelheim, revealed that up to 83.0%

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BioPharma Reporter

JULY 4, 2023

Sosei Heptares has dosed the first subject in a phase 1 trial evaluating HTLâ149, a first-in-class GPR52 agonist, which represents a novel mechanism of action for the treatment of schizophrenia and related neurological diseases.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 7, 2021

UK-based Small Pharma has launched on the Toronto’s TSX Venture Exchange, raising 58 million Canadian dollars (around £34m) to develop medicines based on N,N-dimethyltriptylene (DMT) to treat depression. The goal of the trial is for proof of concept of the drug as a wrap-around therapy for Major Depressive Disorder.

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Outsourcing Pharma

APRIL 6, 2023

TWO US clinical investigator sites have been opened for a phase 1 clinical trial for patients with soft tissue sarcoma and the first patient has been dosed.

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BioSpace

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

According to a statement made by Cortexyme, the partial hold was placed on the development program for atuzaginstat after an FDA review of the trial data identified hepatic adverse events.

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Scienmag

JUNE 15, 2022

A novel staging framework that assesses the progression of Huntington’s disease (HD), similar to the way cancer is staged 0 to 4, has been developed by UCL scientists as part of an international consortium; this ‘significant’ step paves the way for clinical trials of drugs in the earliest phase of disease.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Researchers have created a mathematical model that can accurately depict Alzheimer’s disease progression in individual patients, paving the way for personalised treatment and faster development of therapies. These findings closely matched the results of the corresponding real-life clinical trials.

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pharmaphorum

MAY 14, 2021

China’s Kintor Pharmaceutical has begun late-stage US clinical development of its potential COVID drug proxalutamide – but there is scepticism over the company’s claims about its research. But Reuters reported that the doctor identified as its principal clinical trial investigator has said he is not in charge of the trial.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 6, 2020

Lundbeck has axed a phase 2 trial of a schizophrenia drug, saying that the study was unlikely to meet its efficacy target. The company said it made the decision after a futility analysis indicated that the trial was not likely to succeed, when measured against a standard scale.

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Drug Discovery World

JUNE 20, 2024

Ahead of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Awareness Day on 21 June, we take a look back over the latest developments in the treatment of MND and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This Phase II clinical trial of drug candidate NX210c in patients with ALS is the first to target the integrity of the blood brain barrier (BBB).

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 25, 2022

When cirrhosis complications develop, some will be lucky enough to be listed for a transplant. But herein lies the dichotomy that medicine has created: By failing to regularly screen to find the early-stage disease, the number of patients who could participate in drug trials is limited. Others are not so fortunate.

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Scienmag

JULY 18, 2021

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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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

News round-up for 30 October – 3 November by DDW Editor Reece Armstrong My news highlights this week feature a variety of exciting clinical trial results and launches that are examining therapies for much-needed disease areas, new drug approvals and even a space mission with a pharma twist.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 21, 2024

Modern experimental procedures, such as immunisation, B-cell screening, and synthetic library generation, have been pivotal in developing approximately 80 FDA-approved antibody therapeutics. These targets, along with many others, are universally deemed as ‘difficult-to-drug’ targets.

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XTalks

MAY 16, 2023

Clinical trials for pulmonary fibrosis are being conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of novel therapies and interventions, providing hope for improved outcomes in the future. Exposure to substances like asbestos, silica dust and certain chemicals has been linked to the development of pulmonary fibrosis.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Clinical drug trials have made the headlines this week, as it was revealed that breast cancer still tops the bill for number of clinical studies and the shortcomings in current methods to ensure representation of patient populations in trials were exposed.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

million, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to speed up drug development. With the acquisition MindMed gains access to HealthMode’s intellectual property, platforms for clinical drug trials, and its entire 24-strong digital medicine team.

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pharmaphorum

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Last year, Bayer launched a project to explore the use of artificial intelligence in clinical trials, working with Finland’s Aalto University to find ways to use the technology to support decentralised trials and streamline the testing process.

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 19, 2021

A survey by rare disease patient network Raremark found that 86% of the community members asked were interested in taking part in clinical trials. CEO Jeremy Edwards looks at how decentralised trial models can solve some of the challenges for clinical trial recruitment in rare disease.

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Drug Discovery World

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Sophie Winandy , Executive Director of Medical Imaging at ICON explores the benefits of AI and how it can be integrated throughout medical imaging within clinical trials. These advances are seen in many indications of imaging as it relates to drug trials – oncological, cardiovascular, metabolic, NASH, musculoskeletal and other.

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Pharmaceutical Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Unlike commercial pharmaceutical packaging, the primary consideration in clinical trial packaging is protecting the product quality and reliability for research. Finding the best clinical trial packaging services providers. Clinical trial packaging and labelling solutions. Clinical trial packaging and labelling solutions.

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XTalks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Expanding minority Americans’ access to care and clinical trials isn’t just the right thing to do. Clinical Trials Don’t Reflect Demographics. Disease doesn’t discriminate, and researchers understand different populations react differently to drugs. Why, then, are clinical trials so stubbornly homogeneous?

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Worldwide Clinical Trials

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In April 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued draft guidance on developing a “Race and Ethnicity Diversity Plan” for clinical trials. In turn, the FDA’s guidance recognized the difficulty in recruiting for rare diseases and encouraged sponsors to become more resourceful and intentional about trial enrollment.

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XTalks

JULY 29, 2021

Just as clinical researchers in other therapeutic areas have renewed their commitment to improving participant diversity in clinical trials, so too have those working in Alzheimer’s research. What Factors Promote Alzheimer’s Clinical Trial Participation? Similarly, older Latino and Hispanic individuals are 1.5

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XTalks

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

There has been increasing awareness around the need for improving inclusion and diversity in clinical trials. They are also at a high risk of developing heart disease and stroke. times greater risk of developing kidney disease and are 2.3 They are also more likely to develop hypertension earlier in life than white individuals.

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pharmaphorum

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Researchers at the University of Oxford in the UK have started a trial of TNF inhibitor adalimumab for COVID-19 patients in care homes and other community settings. Sandoz is providing the adalimumab to be used in the trial, which will be carried out at care homes around the UK and is due to get underway later this month.

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Advarra

MARCH 21, 2023

Regulations for research involving devices, in vitro diagnostics (IVDs), and digital therapeutics differ from those governing pharmaceutical development. The greater the risk, the more likely a series of trials for market clearance or approval will be required. In other words, what are the risks and benefits of the product?

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 20, 2023

What are benefits of drug repurposing and why do clinical drug trials so often fail? Diana Spencer summarises the key messages from the ‘Drug Repurposing: Challenges and Opportunities’ Symposium held at the 19th World Congress of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (WCP) 2023.

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XTalks

AUGUST 4, 2022

Cardiovascular clinical trials need to have a diversity plan because there can be a difference in disease burden when comparing people of different race and ethnicity. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is emphasizing the need for diversity in clinical trials. The Diversity of the US Population.

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pharmaphorum

AUGUST 4, 2020

Rare diseases drugs have always faced challenges when it comes to HTA approvals, even as governments bring in more regulatory policies that make their path through assessment easier. The results show that HTAs for orphan drugs can vary widely across Europe, causing inconsistencies in evidence requirements and recommendations.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 3, 2023

Vicore Pharma, a Swedish clinical-stage pharmaceutical company unlocking the potential of angiotensin II type 2 receptor agonists (ATRAGs), has dosed its first patient with C21 in a clinical study of endothelial dysfunction. Vicore Pharma states that results from the trial are expected in Q4, 2023.

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Advarra

JUNE 27, 2023

Clinical trials are studies involving human volunteers to research ways to prevent, detect, and treat various medical conditions. The goal is to identify safer, more effective methods of treating illnesses using new drugs or new combinations of existing drugs.

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Advarra

AUGUST 16, 2022

Orphan drugs have historically faced a number of barriers, such as limited research and development (R&D) investment due to an expected lack of profitability as well as challenges in clinical trial design and recruitment. Before 1983, only 38 orphan drugs had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

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pharmaphorum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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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pharmaphorum

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

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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