Coronavirus vaccine candidates have produced results in clinical trials that suggest immunity can be acquired via inoculation.
However, a series of recent studies suggest that circulating antibodies might be undetectable in the bloodstream after a...
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Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) was one of the first companies to kick off a phase 1 clinical trial for its investigational COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273. The trial in question, led by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), started in mid-March and enrolled...
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Vaccines are more likely to get through clinical trials than any other type of drug — but have been given relatively little pharmaceutical industry support during the last two decades, according to a new study by MIT scholars.Over a two-decade...
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(MedPage Today) -- Highly anticipated data from the phase III ADAURA trial were presented at the 2020 American Society of Clinical Oncology virtual scientific meeting.
In this exclusive MedPage Today video, H. Jack West, MD, a thoracic oncology...
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Today on Health in 2 Point 00, Jess and I talk about Oscar raising $225 million, Evidation Health raising $45 million doing digital clinical trials, Lululemon buying fitness startup Mirror for $500 million, Calibrate raising a $5.1 million seed...
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India is the second most populous country in the world and faces the challenge of efficiently conducting a vaccination programme among its highly diverse population.
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TUESDAY, June 30, 2020 -- Data from a five-year clinical trial is adding to growing evidence that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can slow the ravages of Parkinson's disease.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.,...
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(MedPage Today) -- As a discussant at the American Society of Clinical Oncology virtual meeting, Shilpa Gupta, MD, a genitourinary oncologist from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, provided an assessment of new trials testing the role of perioperative...
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A clinical trial of Audentes Therapeutics' investigational gene therapy for X-linked myotubular myopathy is on hold after two patients died following receipt of a high dose of the drug. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) -- While COVID-19 has delayed and disrupted clinical trials across specialties, the trials aimed at disrupting the pandemic have struggled to keep up with the wild swings in epidemiology.
That was the experience in New York City...
Progression of kidney disease in type 1 diabetes is correlated with increased amounts of uric acid. A drug that reduces uric acid levels was tested in a multi-institution randomized clinical trial. Though the study did not show the desired clinical...
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After Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) reported encouraging phase 3 clinical trial data in COVID-19 patients earlier this month, the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended conditional...
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(MedPage Today) -- Reduction of serum urate with allopurinol didn't have much clinical benefit for those with type 1 diabetes and kidney disease, according to the Preventing Early Renal Loss in Diabetes (PERL) trial.
In the double-blind trial...
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A new precision medicine targeting cancer's ability to repair its DNA has shown promising results in the first clinical trial of the drug class. The new study, designed to test the drug's safety, found that half of patients given the new drug either...
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Imperial College London has "reached a significant milestone" after delivering a small dose of its coronavirus vaccine candidate to the first healthy volunteer in its trial. So far, all has gone according to plan. The clinical team is closely...
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BrightInsight just raised $40 million for its tech-savvy tools that help drugmakers get their treatments and devices over the finish line.
It collects information from patients during clinical trials and from other care venues, then helps the final...
The rapid descent continues for hydroxychloroquine as hope for a cure for COVID-19. On Monday, pharmaceutical giant Novartis (NYSE: NVS) announced that it is stopping the sponsored clinical trial it was conducting on the treatment of COVID-19 with...
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A novel formulation of the prostate cancer drug abiraterone acetate - currently marketed as Zytiga - will dramatically improve the quality of life for people suffering from prostate cancer, as pre-clinical trials show the new formulation improves...
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Thai scientists administered a second dose of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine to monkeys on Monday, looking for another positive response to enable clinical trials in humans as early as October. The Thai vaccine is one of at least 100 being...
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Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD) CEO Daniel O'Day announced on Monday that his company will soon begin a phase 1 clinical trial evaluating an inhaled version of remdesivir as a treatment for patients with COVID-19. The biotech plans to screen healthy...
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