Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Researchers have created a mathematical model that can accurately depict Alzheimer’s disease progression in individual patients, paving the way for personalised treatment and faster development of therapies.

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Advarra

AUGUST 16, 2022

A rare, or orphan, disease by definition affects a small percentage of the population — fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. But the numbers add up, and taken together, rare diseases impact an estimated 30 million Americans. Before 1983, only 38 orphan drugs had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval.

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

News round-up for 30 October – 3 November by DDW Editor Reece Armstrong My news highlights this week feature a variety of exciting clinical trial results and launches that are examining therapies for much-needed disease areas, new drug approvals and even a space mission with a pharma twist.

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Drug Discovery World

MAY 21, 2024

Modern experimental procedures, such as immunisation, B-cell screening, and synthetic library generation, have been pivotal in developing approximately 80 FDA-approved antibody therapeutics. These targets, along with many others, are universally deemed as ‘difficult-to-drug’ targets.

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Conversations in Drug Development Trends

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This plan, designed to help make clinical trial enrollment more representative, stands to support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in R&D — a sector that certainly needs more attention across all clinical trials. But in rare disease trials, that can be challenging given the barriers inherent in U.S.

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Drug Discovery World

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Clinical drug trials have made the headlines this week, as it was revealed that breast cancer still tops the bill for number of clinical studies and the shortcomings in current methods to ensure representation of patient populations in trials were exposed.

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JUNE 27, 2023

Most modern medicines were developed from clinical trials , and clinical trials remain essential for drug development. Currently incurable diseases would remain so, without any improvements made to existing drugs and therapies. Clinical trial data is also important for disease prevention.

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