NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

ACTIV was founded last April to accelerate drug research that typically requires more than a decade of clinical ups and downs to develop a safe, effective therapy. Cutting through the usual red tape and working with an intense sense of purpose, the partnership took a mere matter of weeks to set up its first four clinical trials.

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The Pharma Data

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovent has established a robust pipeline of 23 valuable assets, including four launched products, four products in pivotal trials, and multiple prioritized assets such as CD47, PDL1/CD47, TIGIT, VEGF/complement protein etc. that are fast progressing clinical trials. TYVYT® is the only PD-1 inhibitor included in the NRDL.

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The Pharma Data

JANUARY 26, 2021

“Notably, the 70 percent decrease in risk of hospitalizations or death seen in this Phase 3 trial of bamlanivimab and etesevimab together is consistent with the reduction in risk of hospitalization or ER visits seen with bamlanivimab alone in the Phase 2 trial. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. Across 1,035 patients, there were 11 events (2.1

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Agency IQ

JUNE 9, 2023

The problems: Although the current regulation stimulated orphan drug research, it didn’t do enough The regulation fostered development of medicines for rare diseases since implementation, but not enough. However, 95% of the over 6,000 recognized orphan diseases still have no treatment options. member states.

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Agency IQ

AUGUST 2, 2024

For example, on July 25, the Hungarian presidency hosted an informal meeting of health ministers to discuss health issues, such as mitigating the effect of cardiovascular diseases and implementing the European Health Data Space (EHDS).

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Codon

JUNE 2, 2024

This discordance, or lack of “ predictive validity ” when translating results across organismal boundaries, is perhaps most harmful in the biomedical field; despite extensive testing in mouse models, only 10 percent of drugs that make it to clinical trials ever make it to market. In a testimony in front of the U.S.

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Drug Target Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

These hurdles not only delay patient access to innovative treatments but also threaten the economic sustainability of research and development (R&D) and the advancement of medical innovation. The financial burden of drug development is substantial, often exceeding $2 billion per drug.

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