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Bayer gets go-ahead for Huntington’s Disease gene therapy trial  

Drug Discovery World

A Phase I/II clinical trial targeting a treatment for Huntington’s Disease (HD) using a gene therapy has been given the clearance to go ahead in France. . In 2019, BV-101 was granted orphan drug designation in the European Union. . There are currently no approved disease modifying therapies for Huntington’s Disease.

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Trial to test monoclonal antibody for virus of growing concern

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is sponsoring a clinical trial to evaluate the safety of an investigational monoclonal antibody to treat enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), which can cause severe respiratory and neurological diseases such as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). Credit: NIAID and CDC.

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Changes to CDSCO’s Rules for Clinical Trials in India: New Drugs & Clinical Trial Rules 2019

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Being the second most populous country in the world with skilled labor and good infrastructure, India is a favorable destination for clinical trials for a wide variety of diseases.

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Could NfL accelerate drug development for neurodegenerative diseases?

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Professor Andy Whiting and Dr Tony Lockett discuss how specific levels of a protein could be used to advance drug development in neurodegenerative diseases. These parameters aim to measure the progression of disease over time by looking at the functional or observable change in a patient.

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Diabetic eye disease: The urgent need for early, non-invasive treatments

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Dr Catherine Beech , CEO at Exonate and Dr Pete Adamson , CSO at Breye Therapeutics discuss the need for better therapies to treat diabetic retinal disease and current progress in the field. Specific numerical values (steps) denote the severity of NPDR, with 47-53 describing the moderately severe disease. orally administered compounds.

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mRNA universal influenza vaccine enters clinical trials

Drug Discovery World

A clinical trial of an experimental universal influenza vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) has begun enrolling volunteers at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The trial will enrol up to 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 49.

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Integration of AI in imaging clinical trials 

Drug Discovery World

Sophie Winandy , Executive Director of Medical Imaging at ICON explores the benefits of AI and how it can be integrated throughout medical imaging within clinical trials. These advances are seen in many indications of imaging as it relates to drug trials – oncological, cardiovascular, metabolic, NASH, musculoskeletal and other.