Have you ever wondered why scientists conduct experiments on rodents during clinical trials? Scientists claim that rodents resemble humans in terms of genetics. Scientists from the Allen Institute for Brain Science were focussing their research work to find out which specific brain cells are present in humans but not in rodents.
New research funded by the NIH found that a second-generation drug, when injected in rodents, deferred signs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The FDA held up Mersana’s top antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), XMT-1522 over safety issues following a patient’s death in phase 1 trial, causing a descent in the company’s shares.
Acceleron Pharma and its partner Celgene have revealed that luspatercept hit its primary and secondary endpoints in phase 3 clinical trial of patients affected with chronic anemia associated with a rare blood disease.
Probiotics are defined as beneficial bacteria that are consumed to boost the populations of more beneficial microbes. The importance of probiotics in health improvement seems to be growing worldwide with more awareness of the benefits. For this reason, numerous research works are currently being conducted in the field of probiotics.
Unified cloud-based eClinical platforms, with built-in scalability and modularity, will drive growth opportunities across the globe
Six big contract research companies, alongside Veeva Systems, are for the first time coming together to develop open technology standards aimed at “transforming clinical trial ops” to speed up development.
Denali Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:DNLI), a biopharmaceutical company developing a broad portfolio of therapeutic candidates for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it has commenced dosing of its small molecule inhibitor of RIPK1 in a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy volunteers and achieved proof of concept of its large molecule blood-brain barrier delivery platform technology in nonhuman primates.
ViiV Healthcare, an HIV specialist firm majority owned by GlaxoSmithKline, has announced the launch of a late-stage study investigating the effectiveness of a two-drug regimen programme in patients with HIV.
Genentech’s PD-L1 inhibitor Tecentriq continues to show off its versatility. Monday, the Roche subsidiary announced a combination of Tecentriq and Avastin (bevacizumab) was significantly beneficial to patients with advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) who have not received prior systemic active or experimental therapy.
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