The National Health Service (NHS) research ethics committee has approved a non-cancer chronic pain clinical trial being rolled out by private health clinic LVL Health.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has today (July 31) given clearance via its 510(k) process to one of the artificial intelligence solutions cleared for colonoscopy.
Phastar, a biometrics contract research organization (CRO) can now officially call its business ‘a force for good’ after it received B Corp certification.
Columbia University is running three separate efforts to improve diversity within clinical trials, and it released data showing that early improvements could be seen.
The EMA organized a task force made up of various stakeholders to gather insights on potential EU-level actions to improve the set up of clinical trials during public health emergencies.
Leslie Orne joined Trinity Life Sciences in 2001 and was recently appointed CEO and president of the fast-growing healthcare consultancy. She previously held the title of chief commercial officer (CCO) and president.
H.E.L Group (H.E.L), a global developer and manufacturer of laboratory tools, has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur), a prestigious Indian academic institution kickstarting scientific and technological research....
Adherence specialist AARDEX Group has been announced as a founding member of the CancerX initiative, which aims to bring diverse stakeholders together to drive innovation and improve follow up for cancer patients.
Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has released the results of its mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2023 to date.
Greenphire, provider of clinical trial financial solutions, has released its global 2023 State of Clinical Trial Patient Convenience Market Trends survey.
An experimental antidepressant developed by Neumora Therapeutics has shown promising results in a phase 2 trial, leading the company to plan its pathway to phase 3 testing.
The U.S. startup Surge Therapeutics has raised $32 million in a Series B round to bankroll the development of a hydrogel-based immunotherapy delivered during cancer surgery.
The Swiss company Idorsia has sold its operating businesses Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Japan Ltd and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals Korea Co., Ltd to the Japanese firm Sosei Heptares for CHF 400 million ($466 million).
The U.S. startup Surge Therapeutics has raised $32 million in a Series B round to bankroll the development of a hydrogel-based immunotherapy delivered during cancer surgery.
The pharma giants AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer and Merck have been revealed as founding members of the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD), a project aiming to accelerate drug development by collecting genomic data from underrepresented populations.
Liz Beatty is co-founder and chief strategy officer at Inato, a clinical trials platform which flips the traditional model and allows community sites to participate in the trials that are best aligned with their interests and that of their patients.
Roche has entered a licensing and collaboration deal with the U.S. company KSQ Therapeutics to co-develop KSQ’s lead cancer drug, which is designed to sabotage the DNA repair mechanisms of cancer cells.
Convatec Group, a medical products and technologies company focused on chronic conditions, has partnered with Tandem Diabetes Care on a new five-inch infusion set for Tandem Mobi, the world’s smallest durable automated insulin delivery system.
In the State of the Union address earlier this year, President Biden urged U.S. lawmakers to cap insulin prices at $35 a month, an expansion of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. The act contains language that would allow the government to negotiate drug...
The U.S. startup Readout AI has closed a pre-seed financing round to fuel the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to speed up data analysis in clinical trials.
Cumulus Neuroscience, a global digital health company focused on advancing neuroscience clinical trials and patient care, presented interim data from their first-in-class CNS-102 feasibility study at the European Network to Cure ALS Annual Meeting (ENCALS)...
The U.S. company Arthrosi Therapeutics has bagged $75 million in a Series D round to fund the clinical development of a small molecule drug for chronic gout.
2San, a supplier of self-diagnostic tests, has partnered with Proov to distribute their proprietary at-home fertility tests in select Hy-Vee stores across eight states in the Midwest.
Acasti Pharma, a late-stage biopharma company with drug candidates addressing rare and orphan diseases, has selected WuXi Clinical Development to conduct its STRIVE-ON phase 3 safety trial for GTX-104, a novel injectable nimodipine formulation for intravenous...
Ora, a clinical research organization (CRO) for ophthalmology pharmaceutical and device development, has partnered the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance, to improve the quality and access to clinical research in the region.
The Israeli company Galmed Pharmaceuticals is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools developed by the U.S. company OnKai to help carry out clinical trials of a rare disease treatment in communities that have low access to healthcare.
Lisa Moneymaker is full of energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom. She is well-known on the pharma circuit and it’s easy to see why. She has been chief technology officer and chief product officer at Saama since October last year and feels passionately about...
A licensing agreement between Evotec SE and Bristol Myers Squibb Company (BMS) that will ‘bolster a pipeline of programmes targeting several neurodegenerative conditions’ was announced today (July 11).
Jason Dong, co-CEO-founder of Mural Health, wants to make sure patients taking part in trials are not out of pocket. He joined OSP while at DIA Global to discuss how his business came about and why it is so important.
Updated guidelines for risk-based quality management (RBQM) are much more than just for monitoring purposes and can show quality by design concepts, save immeasurable time on manpower and shows there has been a complete mindset shift within the last 15...
OSP spoke to senior director of clinical trials, Erin Leckrone, and Kathleen Kane, senior manager of clinical operations at Be The Match Biotherapies, to discuss how creating a well-designed and reviewed protocol is critical to a study's overall...
Anorexia nervosa is a notoriously difficult illness to treat. It has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, yet there is currently no FDA approved therapy for the condition.
The first and only approved anti-amyloid Alzheimer's Disease (AD) treatment shown to reduce the rate of disease progression and slow cognitive impairment has been granted approval by the FDA.
This year’s CPHI South East Asia is expecting a surge in international partnering with organizers expecting a record attendance of 8,000 visitors including a significant number from overseas – doubling last year’s figures.
With the FDA issuing guidance on more diversity within clinical trials, it is a subject many companies are being encouraged to focus on, each with their own approach.
Drugs like Annovis Bio’s buntanetap and prasinezumab have the potential to “revolutionize the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease” says analytics company, GlobalData, an analytics company, but it is a complex road ahead.
Clerkenwell Health, a specialist clinical research organisation (CRO) focused on supporting clients with the design and delivery of psychedelic-assisted therapy trials, is sponsoring the upcoming Psych Symposium 2023 on Thursday 6 July in London.
New guidelines have been issued by the FDA called Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Populations in Clinical Trials. Curavit was ahead of the game with its plans, find out how.
George Freeman MP, minister of state at the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has praised a decade of growth at Discovery Park, the leading science and innovation campus in Sandwich, Kent.
RAIR Health, an applied data and AI company focused on the extraction of clinical insights from real world data, has signed a non-exclusive data license agreement with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCH) focussed on the field of ophthalmology.
Kicking off a series of DIA Global interviews in Boston, OSP had the pleasure of speaking to Cal Collins, co-founder and CEO of OpenClinica - a company that wants to empower data managers, clinical researchers, and study participants.
Eli Lilly has announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization (MA) for its ulcerative colitis treatment, Mirikizumab.
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals is currently developing a new, first-of-its-kind drug, ANEB-001, intended to rapidly reverse the negative effects of acute cannabinoid intoxication (ACI) within one hour of administration. The treatment is a cannabinoid receptor...
Dr. Theresa Heah is the CEO of Intergalactic Therapeutics, bringing over two decades of global leadership experience in ophthalmology drug development along with commercialization in early-stage, private-staged companies. We spoke to her about her background,...
