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The biggest hurdle when trial investigators and staff are trying to build a good relationship with a study participant is managing their expectations, experts say. But there are some basic tips sites can use to overcome those hurdles. Read More
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) have agreed to work together to help regulators and drug sponsors make the most of clinical and postmarket health data. Read More
New technology and anxiety over expiring patents have driven pharma to triple clinical development of large molecule and biologic drugs over the past decade, says an industry expert. Read More
The FDA and Vanda failed to agree on a prespecified primary endpoint for the new sleep disorder drug, tasimelteon, but that didn’t derail the company’s NDA. Read More
The FDA seems to have side-stepped many of the issues raised by industry in a draft guidance on preclinical considerations for gene/cellular therapies (CGT) while extending a guidance deadline for early-stage CGT development. Read More
In the latest initiative to clean up its troubled clinical trial industry, the Indian government is requiring investigators to video record the informed consent process for each subject in clinical studies. Read More
Following setbacks to its hepatitis C drug program, Idenix Pharmaceuticals has turned to the courts to try to delay Gilead’s competitor hepatitis C treatment, claiming the drug infringes several Idenix-owned patents. Read More
Positive results from the first long-term trial of evolocumab, Amgen’s next-generation heart drug, are heating up the race to develop the emerging class of drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors. Read More
Despite not agreeing on primary endpoints with the FDA before beginning clinical trials for a new sleep disorder drug, Vanda was able to get an almost unanimous recommendation from an advisory committee earlier this month. Read More
With EU lawmakers and the European Council expected to reach a compromise on the Clinical Trial Regulation before Christmas, pharma, researchers and patient groups are pleading with them to ensure the timelines for submissions are predictable and no longer than those already established in the current directive. Read More
Regulators in the U.S. and EU have paved the way for a new treatment approach to treat chronic hepatitis C, clearing highly anticipated new drugs from Gilead Sciences and Janssen/Medivir. Read More
Amgen’s first long-term trial for its next-generation heart drug evolocumab has shown positive results, heating up the race to develop the emerging class of drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors. Read More