News and Press Releases

Global oncology trial investigator sites increase by half in five years, finds new Phesi analysis

China flagged as significant contributor to growth, but poor investigator selection is causing trial failures 23 May 2024 -- Massachusetts, US -- Phesi, a leading clinical development analytics company, has...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: May 22, 2024

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Mission Therapeutics commences landmark trial of MTX325, a potential disease-modifying treatment for Parkinson’s Disease

Builds on preclinical proof-of-concept that MTX325 protects dopamine-producing brain cells by enhancing mitophagy – the process cells use to remove dysfunctional mitochondria 21 March 2024 -- Cambridge, UK -- Mission...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 21, 2024

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Greenphire Named 2024 “Best Overall Patient Engagement Service” by MedTech Breakthrough Awards

16 May 2024 -- Pennsylvania, US --  Greenphire, a leading innovator in software solutions for improving clinical research site performance and participant satisfaction, has received a 2024 MedTech Breakthrough Award for...

Category: Clinical Trials, Logistics
Posted: May 16, 2024

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Allyx Therapeutics Announces Positive Phase 1b Multiple Ascending Dose Data and Advances ALX-001 to Patients

Safety of ALX-001 reinforced by new data presented at AD/PD 2024 Conference in Lisbon, Portugal Two oral doses selected for further study in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease patients. 11 March 2024...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 11, 2024

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Latest DB-OTO Results Show Dramatically Improved Hearing to Normal Levels in a Child with Profound Genetic Deafness Within 24 Weeks and Initial Hearing Improvements in a Second Child at Six Weeks

Preliminary data detailed in an ASGCT oral presentation include results for one of the youngest children in the world to receive a gene therapy for genetic deafness Ongoing phase 1/2...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: May 8, 2024

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Signant Health extends eCOA leadership position through operational innovations that reduce timelines by at least one-third

8 May 2024 -- Pennsylvania, US -- Signant Health, the leader in evidence generation for modern clinical trials, announced today that it has substantially reduced implementation timelines for its flagship...

Category: Clinical Trials, Other
Posted: May 8, 2024

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Gilead and Kite Oncology to Highlight Broad and Diverse Oncology Portfolio at ASCO 2024

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Development Program Data to be Presented, Including the phase 3 EVOKE-01 Study Updated Results from phase 2 EDGE-Gastric Study of Fc-Silent Anti-TIGIT Domvanalimab Plus Anti-PD-1...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 7, 2024

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Phesi launches predictive Patient Burden Score to improve trial efficiency, patient experience and investigator site performance

Latest real-world metric in Phesi’s AI-driven Trial Accelerator quantifies patient burden to unlock a patient-centric approach to trial design and implementation 7 May 2024 -- Boston, US -- Phesi, a...

Category: Clinical Trials
Posted: May 7, 2024

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TAR-210 results show 90% recurrence-free survival and 90% complete response in patients with high-risk and intermediate-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, respectively

Updated results reinforce the potential of TAR-210 to transform treatment of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer with fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) alterations 5 May 2024 -- Beerse, Belgium -- Janssen-Cilag International,...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 5, 2024

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TAR-200 monotherapy shows greater than 80% complete response rate in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

New data from phase 2b SunRISe-1 study show rapid achievement of complete response (CR) with 98% achieving a CR within 12 weeks TAR-200 provides durable CRs in patients with Bacillus...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Discovery
Posted: May 3, 2024

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Phase 2 data for ERLEADA ▼(apalutamide) plus androgen deprivation therapy following radical prostatectomy in patients with high-risk localised prostate cancer shows 100% biochemical free recurrence rate more than two years post-surgery

Study highlights opportunity for treatment intensification in this population since approximately 50% of patients with high-risk localised prostate cancer (HRLPC) experience disease recurrence within two years of surgery                                                                                                                                       3 May 2024...

Category: Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 3, 2024

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Bespak and Medicines Evaluation Unit collaborate to accelerate clinical trials on climate-friendly inhalers

Relationship will provide pharmaceutical industry with fast route to clinical evaluation of low GWP pMDIs 3 May 2024 -- Holmes Chapel and Manchester, UK -- Bespak, a leading contract development...

Category: Clinical Trials, Drug Delivery
Posted: May 3, 2024

Janssen to adopt Johnson & Johnson brand as the Company celebrates 100 years of operating in the UK

Johnson & Johnson marks new era in the UK with updated visual identity   1 May 2024 -- High Wycombe, UK -- Johnson & Johnson today announced it is updating its...

Category: Drug Discovery, Pharmaceutical
Posted: May 1, 2024

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Johnson & Johnson receives positive CHMP opinion for RYBREVANT▼ (amivantamab) in combination with chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer with activating EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations

This positive CHMP opinion establishes amivantamab as a new option, and the first fully-human EGFR-MET bispecific antibody, in the first-line treatment of EGFR exon 20 insertion-mutated NSCLC The recommendation is...

Category: Clinical Trials, Pharmaceutical
Posted: April 29, 2024

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CARVYKTI▼ (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) is the first BCMA-targeted treatment approved by the EC for patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma who have received at least one prior line of therapy

Expanded indication for this one-time infusion may provide patients with a potential period away from their multiple myeloma treatment as early as first relapse Approval is based on results from...

Category: Biotechnology, Clinical Trials
Posted: April 22, 2024

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