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Emerging Trends in Clinical Trial Design

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The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly accelerated the adoption of hybrid and decentralized clinical trial (DCT) models. However, as the world settles into its post-pandemic state and returns to pre-pandemic paradigms in many areas, the pharmaceutical industry remains dedicated to moving beyond traditional, centralized clinical trial constructs.

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Sanofi Halts Trial Evaluating Hemophilia Drug | 2020-11-09

The Pharma Data

Sanofi has halted a global phase 3 trial evaluating its investigational hemophilia drug fitusiran after reports of adverse events. Sanofi halted the study following a recommendation by the trial’s independent? Sanofi halted the study following a recommendation by the trial’s independent?data data monitoring committee.

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Pandemic Makes One-Fifth of Cancer Patients Less Willing to Take on Trials | 2020-11-13

The Pharma Data

A new survey shows one in five cancer patients are far less likely to participate in future clinical trials due to fear of COVID-19 exposure, raising the question of whether enrollment levels that have dropped precipitously since the beginning of the pandemic are likely to recover after the virus is controlled. percent since March 15.

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PQ Bypass Releases Positive 24-Month Data from the DETOUR1 Clinical Trial for Percutaneous Femoropopliteal Bypass at VIVA 2020

The Pharma Data

13, 2020 10:00 UTC. The DETOUR1 trial is the first-in-man trial of the FDA-designated Breakthrough Device, The Detour System, evaluating the safety and effectiveness of the novel procedure and device system for treating long, complex lesions in the superficial femoral artery (SFA). MILPITAS, Calif.–(

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Biogen, Sage tremor drug fails key trial

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

Known as SAGE-324, the drug was one of the key assets Biogen gained rights to through a billion-dollar research deal inked back in 2020.

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Approvals in the Crazy Year of 2020

Eye on FDA

During 2020, FDA was able to approve 53 – not surpassing the 2018 all time record of 59, but certainly an admirable second place. Notably, the 2020 NME approvals included 22 related to oncology, with 2 new GIST treatments, 3 in breast cancer and 2 approvals in prostate cancer. That, however, was not really the case.

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How Many Clinical Trials Are Run by CROs?

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Contract research organizations (CROs) are an integral partner of the drug development process, as they play a pivotal role supporting clinical trial conduct for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device sponsor companies. That is, how many clinical trials are actually managed by these organizations?