Category: Clinical Trials

March 27, 2023

4Q Revenues: €4.3 billion (-23%) 4Q Earnings: €2.3 billion (-28%) YTD Revenues: €17.3 billion (-9%) YTD Earnings: €9.3 billion (-8%) Comments: Results in the quarter and FY reflect lower demand for COVID-19 vaccines. Approximately 2 billion doses of COMIRNATY invoiced […]

March 21, 2023

Syneos Health has entered a multi-year strategic agreement with Microsoft. Using Microsoft Azure services, Syneos Health has developed an advanced analytics platform designed to enable agile deployment of machine learning (ML) supporting the analysis, design and execution of clinical trials […]

March 10, 2023

LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, and ICON plc, entered into a strategic partnership that will enable LEO Pharma to scale clinical trial execution that is patient-centric and cost effective, to support the company’s clinical portfolio. The partnership […]

March 6, 2023

Based on the latest data, BridgeBio has started enrolling children in a Phase 3 trial of infigratinib in achondroplasia and also plans to develop the medicine for patients with a closely related skeletal abnormality known as hypochondroplasia. The company has […]

March 3, 2023

In spite of a setback, Praxis Precision Medicines, a Boston-based biotechnology company, plans to move its most advanced experimental drug into late-stage human testing. On Friday, Praxis said its drug, named ulixacaltamide, failed to meet the main goal of a […]

February 13, 2023

A spinout of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Frequency sought to develop treatments for hearing loss by regenerating lost hair cells in the inner ear, rather than turning to hearing aids or implants. Both its lead drug FX-322 and FX-345, […]

February 13, 2023

Policymakers and biopharma companies acknowledge the importance of assessing drugs and medical products on a wide range of ethnic and racial populations to fully understand medical effects on patients. This has bolstered support for studies to enroll patients in proportion […]

February 9, 2023

GSK plc (LSE/NYSE: GSK) announced results from a retrospective study on clinical trial diversity, investigating the historical representation of US-based participants in GSK clinical trials. The study looked at clinical trial demographic data from 495 GSK and ViiV clinical trials […]

February 3, 2023

Aardex Group – a company focused on remote research and healthcare adherence – and Cambridge Cognition have firmed a partnership up to provide monitoring during hybrid and decentralised clinical trials (DCTs). The link-up will involve the incorporation of Aardex’s MEMS […]

February 3, 2023

A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants […]

January 31, 2023

Be The Match BioTherapies, a provider of solutions for developing and commercializing cell and gene therapies, in conjunction with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR), is offering expanded clinical research organization (CRO) services. These services are […]

January 26, 2023

Merck has said it will abandon the KEYNOTE-991 study of PD-1 inhibitor Keytruda (pembrolizumab) in patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) after it showed no benefit on either overall survival (OS) or radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) when the data […]

January 18, 2023

The DNA of these so-called ‘genetic superheroes’ may contain clues about how to treat severe disease. By studying their natural resilience and using it to design new therapies, it could help so many people. However, the Resilience Project’s scientists had […]

January 17, 2023

Unify, launched in December 2020, is AstraZeneca’s patient app and clinical trial support tool. Already, it is operating at scale across the company, used in more than 28 countries and available in 62 languages. Dissecting heterogeneity To begin discussions, pharmaphorum […]

January 12, 2023

The announcement marks the disappointing end of a marathon effort by Oramed to develop an oral insulin formulation for type 2 diabetes struggling to control blood sugar on standard therapies and as an alternative to injections. It exposes once again […]

January 9, 2023

Arrowhead’s drug, called fazirsiran, is designed to treat alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a genetic condition in which a mutant form of the namesake protein accumulates in liver cells, causing fibrosis and cirrhosis. Alpha-1 antitrypsin, or AAT, deficiency has become a target […]

January 5, 2023

Bioethics International has developed a benchmarking tool for “fair inclusion” in clinical trials, drawing on pivotal trials submitted to the FDA in support of 59 new cancer therapeutics – submitted by 25 sponsors – that were approved by the regulator […]

January 4, 2023

The start of the trial triggers a $5m milestone payment from AZ, which licensed AZD3152 from RQ Bio in May last year, and reinforces the financial position of the UK-based biotech to execute its four scientific programmes focused on viral […]

January 3, 2023

The biotechnology industry begins 2023 at a crossroads. In many ways, the sector is coming off of one of its toughest years in recent memory. Initial public offerings ground to a halt. A widely followed biotech stock index plunged nearly […]

January 3, 2023

Haemophilia is a rare genetic bleeding disorder that causes the blood to take a long time to clot because of a deficiency in one or several blood clotting factors. It is almost exclusively found in males. According to the World […]