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AlgoTherapeutix Receives Regulatory Approval to Initiate Clinical Development of ATX01

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AlgoTherapeutix recently raised a 12M€ Series A that will fund the Phase 1 and 2 clinical development of ATX01. About AlgoTherapeutix AlgoTx was founded in 2018 by Stéphane Thiroloix and Olivier Bohuon to develop topical treatments for complex pain and was incubated by Paris Biotech Santé.

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Merck Announces Retirement of Dr. Roy D. Baynes; Dr. Eliav Barr Appointed Head of Global Clinical Development and Chief Medical Officer

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Baynes, head of Global Clinical Development (GCD) and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), will be retiring from Merck in July. He also led the expansion of Merck’s research and development in China and Japan. “It Baynes will be succeeded by Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president, Global Clinical Development.

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12 key industry appointments

Drug Discovery World

Renos Savva, Head of Innovation, Discovery Park Savva’s previous experience includes co-founding Domainex, recognised by the Financial Times in 2018 as the ‘fastest-growing drug discovery contract research organisation in Europe’, and developing and delivering the postgraduate Bio-business programme at Birkbeck University.

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Ascentage Pharma’s Licensee UNITY Biotechnology Announces Milestone Reached in Clinical Development of Treatments for Age-Related Disease, Leading to Milestone Payment

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UBX1325 is developed from BM-962, a Bcl-xL inhibiting compound licensed to UNITY by Ascentage Pharma for the treatment of age-related diseases. This progress in clinical development qualifies Ascentage Pharma for a milestone payment according to the terms of the licensing agreement. SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md. ,

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Taking a new approach to tackle neurodegenerative diseases

Drug Discovery World

“Global dementia prevalence is expected to increase to 152 million in 2050, a 204% increase compared to 2018. billion in 2013 to less than $3 billion in 2018) due to loss of patent protection for the five FDA approved pharmacologic treatments available for AD, none of which slow or stop the damage from the disease. .

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Enabling regulatory approval submissions with external control arms

Drug Discovery World

In 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) introduced a policy for accepting real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) in addition to traditional clinical trial data in new drug applications. With RWD, fewer patients require direct enrolment in randomised clinical trials.

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Can liquid biopsies transform precision medicine?

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With oncology accounting for a third of pharma’s product pipeline, significant challenges include fierce competition, high research and development costs over, 10-15 years for clinical development, and pressures to rapidly meet the demand for new treatments 2-4. 15 , 81–94 (2018). 1–13 (2018) doi:10.1200/PO.18.00169.

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