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CAR-T therapy for nasopharyngeal cancer enters Phase II trials

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a Phase II clinical trial for Biosyngen’s BRG01, an EBV-specific CAR-T cell therapy. This marks the first cell therapy to enter Phase lI trials in both the US and China for the treatment of relapsed/metastatic EBV-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

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Fortifying vaccines through disease surveillance and data reporting  

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Shelley McLendon , SVP of Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Program Management at ICON, attended the World Vaccine Congress Europe from 16-19 October 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. Disease surveillance and reporting . Disease surveillance is the collection and monitoring of data on disease within a population.

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Integration of AI in imaging clinical trials 

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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.

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Breast cancer still top disease area for clinical studies

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Breast cancer retained its position as the most-studied disease area in clinical trials in 2022, despite a drop in activity, according to analysis from analytics company Phesi. However, the reduction in breast cancer trials is unexpected, with 113 fewer recruiting trials in 2022 compared with 2021.

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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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Antibody treatment for geographic atrophy enters clinical trials

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Boehringer Ingelheim and CDR-Life entered a licensing agreement in May 2020 and announced the selection of an antibody fragment-based therapeutic candidate in September 2021. GA is an irreversible retinal disease that occurs in people with late-stage dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

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$20 million in new funding to make clinical trials more inclusive

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Clinical trial technology platform Inato, based in Paris, France, has closed a $20 million Series A funding from investors including Cathay Innovation, Obvious Ventures, La Maison and Top Harvest Capital. Today, 70% of clinical research happens at the same 5% of sites, and only 5% of patients participate in a clinical trial.