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NHS England launches country-wide cancer vaccine trials

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Thousands of cancer patients in England are set to gain fast-tracked access to trials of mRNA personalised cancer vaccines following the launch of an NHS trial ‘matchmaking’ service to help find new life-saving treatments.

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Successful clinical trial for re-engineered Covid vaccine 

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Project leader, Associate Professor Keith Chappell, said the preliminary clinical trial results were an ‘exciting reward’ for the team’s continued dedication and the community’s widespread support for the project. “We The Clamp2 trial group showed a 2.5-fold fold boost in neutralising ‘titres’ and it was 2.1 in the Novavax group.

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Cancer research to get £22.5 million share of UK government fund

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The UK government has promised that patients will benefit from cutting-edge new treatments with the introduction of a Vaccine Taskforce style approach to tackling health challenges. . The government has committed over £113 ($135) million to fund research into four healthcare missions – cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction.

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Partnership to execute next generation Covid-19 vaccines clinical trial

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Against this backdrop, the Government & Public Health Solutions team at ICON will execute a Phase IIb clinical trial to assess the relative efficacy of a next generation Covid-19 vaccine compared to currently approved/authorised Covid-19 vaccines in the prevention of symptomatic, PCR confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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Drug candidate for ALS patients authorised for Phase II clinical trial   

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Axoltis Pharma has received authorisation from ANSM, the French agency for the safety of health products, to launch the SEALS study for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). This Phase II clinical trial of drug candidate NX210c in patients with ALS is the first to target the integrity of the blood brain barrier (BBB).

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UK regulator cuts late-stage clinical trial approval time to two weeks

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The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has revealed plans to reduce the time taken to approve the lowest-risk clinical trials by more than 50%. According to the plans, initial applications for the lowest-risk Phase III and IV trials will be processed by the MHRA within 14 days instead of the statutory 30 days.

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SLAS2024 speaker update: How tech is reducing failure rates in clinical trials

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Focused on the theme ‘ Innovation & technology: from lab to patient ’, the DDW-curated programme, sponsored by Integra Biosciences and Hamamatsu Corporation, will feature presentations from experts in academia, government and industry. See the full programme and register now to show your interest in attending this event.