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Renaissance Pharma licenses Hu14.18 for neuroblastoma

Drug Discovery World

Renaissance Pharma has announced its first development programme focused on Hu14.18, a humanised anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody (mAb), licensed from St Jude Children’s Research Hospital for the treatment of newly diagnosed high-risk neuroblastoma. A novel Phase II trial incorporating Hu14.18 and three-year event-free (EFS) of 73.7%.

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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

Drug Discovery World

For International Women’s Day, DDW’s Diana Spencer celebrates some of the women in leadership making an impact on the drug discovery and life sciences sector. She has over 15 years’ experience in corporate finance and restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and intellectual property licensing.

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Establishing Effective Adaptive Trial Designs for Oncology in Multi-Regional Studies

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

Authors: Matt Cooper, PhD, Executive Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Oncology; Megan Morrison, Vice President, Asia Pacific Strategy Lead Adaptive trial designs have become essential in oncology, offering a flexible and efficient approach for conducting clinical trials.

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UCL accelerates research of relapse in childhood blood cancer 

Drug Discovery World

Dr Amrolia is Professor of Transplantation Immunology at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and an international leader in CAR T-cell therapy for paediatric ALL, and ViroCell Biologics is a specialist viral vector CDMO for cell and gene therapy (CGT) clinical trials. The study is expected to initiate in Q2 2024.

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Covid researchers launch Monkeypox study  

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The trial will see participants receive either a 14-day course of 600 mg tecovirimat twice daily or a matched placebo treatment. As a community-based trial, participants will take the treatment or placebo in their own homes. The trial looks to include at least 500 participants in the UK. . Official comments .

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UK-Dutch alliance to strengthen early clinical oncology research

Drug Discovery World

The CDD will sponsor and manage KWF-supported trials. Dr Stephen Nabarro, Interim Director of Cancer Research UK’s Centre for Drug Development, said: “We are delighted to join forces with KWF, who will be invaluable in helping us bring more of the most promising early phase clinical agents into first in human trials.

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UK-Norway partnership to speed up cancer drug discovery

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Potential projects will be evaluated through the CDD’s review process, including both an internal assessment and an external review by its New Agents Committee. Suitable projects will then be brought into the CDD post-approval for its experienced team to plan, sponsor and run an early-phase clinical trial.

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