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Sitting down with… Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere, UCB

Drug Discovery World

In her day-to-day role, she is responsible for the development of UCB’s epilepsy discovery strategy, working with researchers to advance understanding of epilepsies while ensuring candidates for a future clinical treatment pipeline to improve the lives of those living with the condition.

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Women in STEM with Kristina Torfgard

Drug Target Review

I am a pharmacist by training and continued with a PhD in Clinical Pharmacology. However, my goal was all the time to work with drug development in the pharma industry, so I moved on and started that journey in 1992 when I took on a role as Clinical Research Manager at AstraHässle, a mid-size Swedish pharma company.

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Fortifying vaccines through disease surveillance and data reporting  

Drug Discovery World

Examples of these changes include refining sample size, abandoning treatments or doses, or stopping the trial early if success or lack of efficacy is clear. Shelley McLendon has more than 25 years of clinical research experience, 19 of which are tenured at ICON. About the author .

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UNION therapeutics A/S receives FDA approval for IND of oral next generation PDE4-inhibitor (orismilast) for investigation in plaque psoriasis

The Pharma Data

7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — UNION therapeutics A/S ( UNION ) today announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an Investigational New Drug program (IND) for oral orismilast; a next generation PDE4-inhibitor for the treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults. One step closer to a novel treatment.

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Phase 2 FIGHT Trial Results Presented at ASCO GI Validate Importance of FGFR2b Overexpression and Reinforce Potential of Bemarituzumab Plus Chemotherapy as a Frontline Targeted Treatment for FGFR2b+ Gastric and GEJ Cancers

The Pharma Data

We are strongly encouraged by these data and the potential for a frontline targeted treatment that can improve overall survival,” said Zev A. Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA, Co-director of the Gastrointestinal Oncology Program and Director of Early Phase Clinical Research at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Where is the drug discovery expertise happening in the UK?

Drug Discovery World

Indeed, this is bolstered by top tier universities like Newcastle University, which specialises in structure-based approaches for drug discovery, developing innovative technologies that support the identification of new medicines, and is well-established in cancer drug discovery.

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AM-Pharma Appoints Chief Medical Officer and VP Manufacturing to Support Global Pivotal Trial in Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury

The Pharma Data

an emerging leader focused on the treatment of kidney disease, sepsis and organ injury, today announced the appointment of Maarten Kraan, M.D., They both bring extensive experience from big pharma and biotechnology companies to execute on the plan to prepare for BLA and commercial readiness. 20, 2020 09:00 UTC. pharma.com.

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