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Grand Rounds March 21, 2025: Generative Artificial Intelligence in Clinical Trials: A Driver of Efficiency and Democratization of Care (Alexander J. “AJ” Blood, MD, MSc)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Its becoming more expensive and time-consuming to move a drug from the clinical trial stage to approval. Patient recruitment is the leading driver of costs in clinical trials, and 55% of trials that fail to complete cite low accrual rate as the reason for study termination. LLMs are the engines that power the software.

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Samsung Biologics, GreenLight conclude Covid-19 vaccine engineering run

Pharmaceutical Technology

Samsung Biologics and GreenLight Biosciences have completed the initial commercial-scale engineering run for their messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) Covid-19 vaccine under their manufacturing collaboration. Following the demonstration at Samsung, the clinical trial of GreenLight’s Covid-19 booster vaccine is anticipated to commence this year.

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BlueRock Advances Bemdaneprocel Cell Therapy to Phase III Trial for Parkinson’s Disease

XTalks

BlueRock Therapeutics, a subsidiary of Bayer AG, is making waves in the treatment of Parkinsons disease by advancing its investigational cell therapy, bemdaneprocel, to a Phase III clinical trial. The clinical advancement follows a thorough review of Phase I trial data under the FDAs Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation.

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Experimental Alzheimer’s Vaccine Shown to Delay Symptoms in Mice

AuroBlog - Aurous Healthcare Clinical Trials blog

An experimental vaccine that aims to slow down or prevent the progression of Alzheimer’s disease has been trialed in mice with promising early results. Mice engineered with genes that put them at greater risk of an Alzheimer’s-like disease had fewer amyloid plaques following the vaccine.

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How AI Is Influencing Oncology Clinical Trials and Cancer Care

XTalks

Nate Lear Head, Advanced Analytics and Clinical Trial Efficiency AstraZeneca Recent advances in AI are ushering in a new era for cancer care. They can also simplify clinical trial design, optimize patient recruitment and customize treatments based on individual genetic profiles.

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Ginkgo buys StrideBio’s AAV discovery and engineering platform assets

Pharmaceutical Technology

Ginkgo Bioworks has strengthened its end-to-end R&D capabilities in gene therapy with the purchase of adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid discovery and engineering assets from StrideBio, for an undisclosed sum. AAV is used in hundreds of active clinical trials, and is described as the preferred viral vector for gene therapy.

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Providing the Blueprint for Gen AI Adoption in Clinical Trials

ACRP blog

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. A Blueprint for Adoption in Clinical Trials That’s where large integrated site organizations come in.