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First patient dosed with antibody drug conjugate for HER2+ solid tumours

Drug Discovery World

The second, dose-expansion, phase of the study (Phase Ib) is to further evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics / pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of IKS014 at the recommended Phase II dose. The Phase Ib trial is expected to read out in the second half of 2025.

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Steep FY2025 PDUFA Fee Increase: Ways to Reduce the Full Fee Rate for Repurposed Drugs

The Premier Consulting Blog

On July 31, 2024, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Fiscal Year 2025 (FY2025) Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2022 (PDUFA VII) fee rates for the review of human drug and biological product applications along with prescription drug program fees. Prescription Drug User Fee Rates for Fiscal Year 2025.

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Informed Design of Bioanalytical PCR Assay Testing Parameters

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There are over 2,000 CGTs currently being evaluated in clinical trials, with more than 200 in Phase III and 10-20 per year estimated to come to market by 2025. Click to enlarge At several steps during CGT development and testing, sensitive, accurate and precise quantitation of CGT drug vectors is required.

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Article FDA Thank You In new contract notices, FDA seeks help on user fee commitments and moving opioid, oncology priorities forward

Agency IQ

This assessment is due to be published for public comment by June 30, 2025 , will a public meeting to be held by September 30, 2025 “to discuss the report, its findings, and the Agency’s specific plans to address the report recommendations.” Read the full AgencyIQ analysis here.

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Mission awarded $5.2m for disease-modifying Parkinson’s treatment

Drug Discovery World

Patient dosing is expected to start early in 2025. Dr Paul Thompson, Chief Scientific Officer, Mission Therapeutics, said: “We have already made excellent progress in healthy volunteers with preliminary data from the ongoing clinical trial showing that MTX325 has a good single dose safety profile, pharmacokinetics and CNS penetration.

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Major depressive disorder drug progresses to Phase II trials

Drug Discovery World

Alto Neuroscience has initiated a Phase II study to determine the pharmacodynamic effects of ALTO-203 in major depressive disorder (MDD) patients, as well as assess its safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics. To date, ALTO-203 has demonstrated positive emotional and cognitive effects in healthy participants after a single dose.

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Informatics helps virtual biotech bring compound to clinical trial

Drug Discovery World

With no in-house laboratory space, the company works closely with multiple international contract research organisations (CROs), including Axxam, which carry out all of the Libra R&D, from compound screening assays, to in vivo pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic and ADME work, as well as in vitro and in vivo pre-clinical safety assessments.