The number of clinical trials started in Britain each year dropped by 41% between 2017 and 2021, posing a “clear and serious threat” to its reputation as a clinical research destination, an industry report said on Thursday.
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A Phase II trial studying PTC Therapeutics’ PTC518 in Huntington’s disease (HD) has been paused in the United States following a request from the FDA for additional data, the company announced Tuesday afternoon.
We cannot underestimate the negative impact – not only on individual lives but also on wider society – of participant populations not being proportionately represented in clinical trials.
Merck & Co. Inc. opted to jointly develop and potentially sell a personalized mRNA vaccine with Moderna Inc. for a $250 million upfront payment on Wednesday, sending the vaccine maker’s shares up over 8%.
Novavax Inc. said on Wednesday data from studies in adults and adolescents showed that the booster dose of its COVID vaccine produced robust antibodies against several Omicron variants, including BA.1, BA.2 and BA.5.
Data from an ongoing Phase III trial showed Sanofi/Regeneron’s Dupixent (dupilumab) can induce histological disease remission in young eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) patients ages 1–11 years, the companies announced Tuesday.
The company’s expansion into clinical trial recruitment could bring it new streams of revenue from drug companies.
The FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research issued its briefing documents arguing for the market withdrawal of Covis Pharma’s Makena. The agency will discuss the drug on Oct. 17-19.
Merck & Co said a therapy it gained through the drugmaker’s $11.5 billion acquisition of Acceleron Pharma last year met the main goal of a late-stage study in patients with a progressive blood vessel disorder.
Allogene Therapeutics is launching what it calls the first pivotal Phase II trial of an allogeneic CAR T product in the industry.
