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AUGUST 28, 2024

What are the main challenges currently faced in the treatment of chronic liver diseases, and how does Resolution Therapeutics aim to address these challenges? Once a patient develops advanced cirrhosis/end-stage liver disease there are no specific therapies to significantly avoid major decompensations and death in the next few years.

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JULY 6, 2023

The first patient has been dosed in the clinical Phase I evaluation of the Sema3A monoclonal antibody, part of the Evotec-Bayer multi-target research collaboration in kidney diseases. Sema3A is upregulated in injured human kidneys and implicated in the development and progression of acute and chronic kidney diseases.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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. The post Breast cancer still top disease area for clinical studies appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). Download the full report.

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MARCH 11, 2024

In 2023, rare diseases accounted for 30% of product pipeline under development, about half of which comprising non-oncology rare diseases. Clinical development in rare diseases has specific challenges.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Granular Therapeutics has now commenced proof-of-concept (POC) and IND-enabling studies as it prepares for clinical development. Since starting work on these concepts in 2019 with backing from Medicxi, Granular Therapeutics has studied the biology of mast cells and their role in chronic inflammatory diseases.

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OCTOBER 4, 2022

William Erhardt , President, Head of Development & Operations of biotech Oligomerix, tells Lu Rahman about the company’s differentiated approach to developing disease-modifying therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases. . Overcoming sector challenges .

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Evommune’s pre-clinical data demonstrates that by blocking activation of MRGPRX2 via all disease relevant ligand categories, EVO756 can prevent the degranulation of mast cells.

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Drug Discovery World

AUGUST 12, 2022

Pfizer has launched a Phase III clinical trial of a vaccine to protect people against Lyme disease, in collaboration with pharmaceutical company Valneva. . The trial will enrol up to 6,000 participants aged five years and older and will be conducted across 50 sites where Lyme disease is highly endemic. Official comments .

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Drug Discovery World

DECEMBER 22, 2022

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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AUGUST 28, 2023

DDW’s Diana Spencer speaks to Peter Hamley , Chief Scientific Officer of Samsara Therapeutics, to understand the role autophagy plays in neurodegenerative diseases and how boosting this process could increase healthspan. DS: Samsara’s autophagy inducing candidate SAM001 will be the first agent of its class to enter clinical trials.

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Drug Target Review

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Almost every one of us will know someone with a neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. It is less common to know someone with a rare genetic disease; but while individually rare, collectively they have an enormous impact. This will, in turn, slow the progression of, or even halt, the disease.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Dr Asma Patel , Vice President of Integrated Services for Early Development at Quotient Sciences, reflects on the biggest barriers to rare disease drug development and how companies can overcome these. The post What is the biggest barrier to rare disease drug development?

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The results support the continued clinical development of VXX-401 as a candidate for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. VXX-401 is currently in a Phase I clinical trial for safety and tolerability, with topline data expected in mid-2024.

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JUNE 12, 2024

Sasinowski — Hyman, Phelps & McNamara (HPM) would like to congratulate the 7 rare disease programs selected for the inaugural class of the FDA’s “Support for clinical Trials Advancing Rare disease Treatment” (START) pilot program. HPM is proud to aid 5 of the 7 selected participants for the START pilot program.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

MAY 14, 2024

By: Amy Raymond, Derek Ansel, Nathan Chadwick, & Juliane Mills When choosing a CRO for a rare disease study, what truly sets them apart is their methodology: the CRO’s mindset, their approach to each unique study, and their agility in navigating the inherent complexities of rare disease research. Common goals empower change.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Written By: Derek Ansel, MS, CCRA, Executive Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease Given that 80% of rare diseases have a genetic etiology, genetic implications should be addressed at the onset of a clinical program to support trial enrollment.

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JULY 12, 2024

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for Asklepios BioPharmaceutical’s (AskBio) AB-1005 which is being developed for moderate Parkinson’s disease. AB-1005 is an investigational adeno-associated virus 2 glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (AAV2-GDNF) neurorestorative gene therapy.

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JULY 12, 2024

Covid-19 is no longer in the top five most studied indications, replaced by type 2 diabetes, according to Phesi’s mid-year analysis of clinical trials. The analysis of 66,935 clinical trials reveals that the top five most studied diseases are now breast cancer, solid tumours, stroke, prostate cancer and type 2 diabetes.

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MAY 28, 2024

Written by Susannah Sadler and Stacy Grieve Launching a treatment for inflammatory diseases can be a make-or-break endeavor. Here we describe three case study examples of common issues faced in the inflammatory disease space and how these challenges were overcome using novel solutions, ultimately leading sponsors to submission success.

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JUNE 26, 2024

Biotechnology company EG 427 has revealed plans to start a Phase Ib/IIa clinical study in neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO), following Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is a step forward in bringing the potential benefits of gene therapy to large disease populations in neurology.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

to enhance outcomes, new treatments which will target kidney-specific disease mechanisms are highly desired,” said Hiddo L. Christian Rommel, Member of the chief Committee of Bayer AG’s Pharmaceutical Division and Head of Research and Development. 1 in 3 adults is at risk for the disease. In the U.S.,

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Drug Target Review

MAY 7, 2024

Why are biomarkers particularly critical in the context of rare diseases? Developing novel therapeutic approaches for rare diseases poses inherent challenges due to the limited populations available for testing. How do AI-enhanced approaches accelerate the drug development process for rare diseases?

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Prior to joining Gannex, Dr. Palmer was Head of Liver Disease Clinical Development at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. She has also held senior leadership positions at Shire Pharmaceuticals and Kadmon Corporation, where she was in charge of the global development of NASH and other liver disease programs.

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MARCH 23, 2022

Baynes, head of Global Clinical Development (GCD) and Chief Medical Officer, Merck Research Laboratories (MRL), will be retiring from Merck in July. He also led the expansion of Merck’s research and development in China and Japan. “It Baynes will be succeeded by Dr. Eliav Barr, senior vice president, Global Clinical Development.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Orphan drug designation is a regulatory status granted to pharmaceuticals developed for the treatment of rare diseases. It provides incentives to encourage the research, development, and approval of therapies targeting small patient populations.

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Drug Discovery World

JANUARY 11, 2024

Vice President, Clinical Development, Infectious Diseases at Moderna examines the data on cytomegalovirus (CMV), why attempts at vaccines for CMV have so far proved elusive and the emerging options to address this unmet need. In the first article, Allison August, M.D.,

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Drug Target Review

JUNE 3, 2024

How does COUR Pharmaceuticals’ immune-modifying nanoparticle platform differ from traditional approaches to treating immune-mediated diseases? Essentially, our CNPs reprogramme the immune system by restoring balance and returning the body to a homeostatic state, offering a precise approach to treating immune-mediated diseases.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Despite accumulating learnings from early phases, several uncertainties remain to be addressed when designing pivotal trials. Adaptive trials can help mitigate uncertainties; however, the trade-offs and their impact differ in the confirmatory setting.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

MAY 14, 2024

By: Amy Raymond, Derek Ansel, Nathan Chadwick, & Juliane Mills When choosing a CRO for a rare disease study, what truly sets them apart is their methodology: the CRO’s mindset, their approach to each unique study, and their agility in navigating the inherent complexities of rare disease research. Common goals empower change.

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The Pharma Data

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Bayer announced today the initiation of the CONFIDENCE study, a Phase II, three-arm study that will investigate simultaneous initial combination therapy with finerenone and the SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin, compared with finerenone alone and empagliflozin alone respectively in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D).

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

APRIL 5, 2024

For others, this rare day is aptly the day we honor rare disease communities. Observed annually on the last day of February since 2008, Rare Disease Day has grown into a global movement for raising awareness, promoting research, and advocating for improved access to rare disease treatments and support services.

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Cytel

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Adler, MPA, Director, Global Product Engagement, and Valeria Mazzanti, MPH, Associate Director, Customer Success In our previous post , we provided an overview of some of the challenges in studying rare disease therapies, as well as some of the statistical methods and design types that can be deployed to mitigate these challenges.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Adler, MPA, Director, Global Product Engagement, and Valeria Mazzanti, MPH, Associate Director, Customer Success Rare disease studies come with their own unique challenges, particularly limited patient populations. Written by Boaz N.

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JULY 17, 2024

By Mike Cloonan, Chief Executive Officer of Sionna Therapeutics, as part of the From The Trenches feature of LifeSciVC The drug development process in rare diseases is rife with challenges especially when companies target significant differentiation or first-in-class targets.

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Drug Discovery World

JULY 5, 2024

People with FTD who have disease-causing GRN mutations produce a reduced amount of progranulin protein. AVB-101 is a potential one-time therapy designed to stop disease progression by delivering a functional copy of the GRN gene to restore appropriate progranulin levels to affected areas of the brain.

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MAY 14, 2024

Written by Angela Vinken and Patti Arsenault Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) — i.e., trusted, well-respected experts — are crucial in clinical research, especially in rare diseases.

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JULY 17, 2023

Analysis of 13,490 clinical trials finds almost a third have been cancelled during Phase II amidst an overall decline in clinical development productivity. Data analytics company Phesi has released the results of its mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2023 to date.

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