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Regulator and Funder? FDA’s Orphan Products Grants Program awards significant funding to help move promising treatments through clinical development

FDA Law Blog: Drug Discovery

The Clinical Trials Grants Program provides funding for clinical trials that evaluate the safety and efficacy of potential treatments for rare diseases to help move promising treatments through clinical development. The rest of this blog will focus on the Clinical Trials Grants Program.

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Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024

Alta Sciences

Five Promising Treatment Areas in Early-Phase Drug Development in 2024 aasimakopoulos Wed, 04/17/2024 - 15:52 Early-phase drug development is an ever-changing landscape, as emerging science leads to new promising areas of research for the treatment of human health issues.

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FDA Approves Oxlumo (lumasiran) for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1

The Pharma Data

FDA Approves Oxlumo (lumasiran) for the Treatment of Primary Hyperoxaluria Type 1. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Oxlumo (lumasiran) injection for subcutaneous use, the first-ever therapy available for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1) to lower urinary oxalate levels in pediatric and adult patients.

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Webinar: Assessing Cognition Impairment Using Driving Simulators in Clinical Trials

Alta Sciences

The FDA guidance, Evaluating Drug Effects on the Ability to Operate a Motor Vehicle , indicates that testing in early-phase clinical development should emphasize sensitivity over specificity in CNS effects.

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Unlocking the potential of antibody drug conjugates

Drug Target Review

The advent of monoclonal antibodies paired with improvements in each ADC design component has led to the approval of 11 ADCs with more than 180 ADCs currently in clinical development. What specific patient populations are benefiting the most from these developments?

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The science of ageing and restoring healthspan

Drug Target Review

We are at the forefront of drug development in an area of research called cellular rejuvenation, which is an approach that has the potential to address many diseases of ageing by restoring aged and injured cells to a more youthful and resilient state. About the author Jerry McLaughlin CEO, Life Biosciences, Inc.

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FDA Approves Updated ADUHELM™ Prescribing Information to Emphasize Population Studied in Clinical Trials

The Pharma Data

Drug development and commercialization involve a high degree of risk, and only a small number of research and development programs result in commercialization of a product.