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The Growing Role of CROs in Clinical Trials

PPD

It’s estimated that nearly three out of every four clinical trials are conducted by contract research organizations (CROs), highlighting just how much sponsors value — and rely on — the work that CROs perform. Surveys show that CROs improve trial efficiency and increase productivity.

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Improving Romanian teachers’ LGBT+ related attitudes through an online intervention – the LGBT inclusion project

On Medicine

To achieve this, this project takes an evidence-based approach by (1) designing an intervention based on empirical findings showing efficiency to reduce LGBT+ bias; and, (2) testing the efficiency of this intervention on Romanian teachers in a randomized control trial.

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FDA Returns Disappointing News for ALS Stem Cell Therapy

PLOS: DNA Science

Last week DNA Science covered a setback in a clinical trial of a gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The two conditions and the therapeutic approaches differ, but their clinical trials illustrate the importance of selecting patients whose characteristics suggest that they are the most likely to respond.

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Bayer announces filing of petition to U.S. Supreme Court for review of Hardeman decision

The Pharma Data

Supreme Court in Hardeman, the only Roundup federal product liability case to have gone to trial. Second, the admission of expert testimony departed from federal standards, enabling plaintiff’s causation witnesses to provide unsupported testimony on the principal issue in the case, Roundup ’s safety profile.

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GAO Report on Clinical Research Inspections Encourages FDA to Care for its Clinical Inspection Program

FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

That report prompted a hearing on Capitol Hill in February of this year where HPM Counsel John Claud offered testimony. These are BIMO inspections of hospitals, clinical research organizations (CROs), and other similar facilities where clinical trial work is performed. The vast majority are for drugs. The stakes remain high, though.

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The Growing Trend of Patient-Led Clinical Research in Rare Disease

Conversations in Drug Development Trends

By: Juliane Mills, Senior Director, Therapeutic Strategy Lead, Rare Disease The rise of patient-led clinical research, particularly in rare disease, represents a significant shift in the clinical trial landscape. Why Is There an Increase in Patient-Led Rare Disease Research?

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LyGenesis Receives FDA Clearance to Begin Phase 2a Trial of its Cell Therapy for Patients with End Stage Liver Disease, and also Closes $11 Million Convertible Debt Financing

The Pharma Data

Proceeds will be used to fund LyGenesis’s Phase 2a clinical trial with a first patient in targeted for early 2021, as well as to push forward on their other cell therapies using lymph nodes as bioreactors to regrow functioning organs, including pancreas, kidney, and thymus regeneration. and Longevity Vision Fund.