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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. In 2023, the company revealed data from a Phase III trial which showed that its vaccine candidate DCVax-L more than doubled overall survival in glioblastoma patients.

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Treatment potential for immunotherapy-induced cytokine release syndrome  

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The results, together with the data from the recent LPS human challenge trial, further support the strategic expansion of the Phase II ready POLB 001 to treat and prevent cancer immunotherapy-induced CRS. Reductions were seen in all serum proinflammatory cytokines tested.

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Actigen moves closer to clinical trial for rare disease treatment  

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Biotech company Actigen has moved closer to clinical trials for rare disease treatment for Hunter syndrome, following a pre-Investigational New Drug (IND) meeting with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ? . Hunter syndrome . Official comments .

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“Highly encouraging” results for treatment-resistant schizophrenia drug

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Milan-based Newron Pharmaceuticals has reported “exceptional” one-year results from study 014/15 into evenamide as an add-on to antipsychotics for the management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia (TRS). These results should lead to expediting the conduct of a placebo-controlled international trial to replicate these results.”

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Add-on treatment for severe uncontrolled asthma approved 

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Owing to the complexity of severe asthma, many patients have unclear or multiple drivers of airway inflammation resulting in some patients not responding to the current standard of treatment, and being at increased risk of asthma attacks, hospitalisations, and a poor quality of life 3,4,5,6. Final draft guidance is subject to appeal.

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Data support one-year efficacy of ND0612 in Parkinson’s disease

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New data from the Phase III BouNDless trial and its ongoing open-label extension (OLE) support the long-term efficacy of ND0612 in people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) experiencing motor fluctuations. The new clinical trial data was shared at the 2024 International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders (MDS).

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From data to cure: The journey of AI in cancer trials

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Deepika Khedekar , Associate Centralized Clinical Trial Lead at IQVIA Inc, looks at the challenges of utilising artificial intelligence (AI) in oncology clinical research. MIT research 4 tells us a hard truth: about 95% of these trials fall short, leaving behind a trail of broken hopes for cancer patients each year.

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