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International Women’s Day: Female life science leaders

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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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Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

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Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an international clinical trial.

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Phase I trial launches into oral drug for radioactive contamination

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A first-in-human clinical trial of an experimental oral drug for removing radioactive contaminants from inside the body has begun. The trial is testing the safety, tolerability and processing in the body of escalating doses of the investigational drug product HOPO 14-1 in healthy adults.

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FDA announces additional steps to modernise clinical trials

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The US Food and Drug Administration has published draft guidance with updated recommendations for good clinical practices (GCPs) to modernise the design and conduct of clinical trials. The updates are intended to help pave the way for more efficient clinical trials. To read this content in full, you need to login. Not yet a DDW member?

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China’s clinical trial activity in NAFLD increasing

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As a result, the number of clinical trials conducted in the country for this indication is gradually increasing, driven mostly by international pharmaceutical companies. The post China’s clinical trial activity in NAFLD increasing appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW). According to GlobalData’s [.]. Not yet a DDW member?

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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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LEO partners with ICON to offer patient-centric dermatology trials

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LEO Pharma and ICON have formed a strategic partnership that will enable LEO to offer clinical trials within medical dermatology that are patient-centric and cost effective. The post LEO partners with ICON to offer patient-centric dermatology trials appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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