Clinical Trials

Medidata, Labcorp Collaborate to Boost Digital Biomarker Discovery

by Samantha McGrail

Medidata and Labcorp Drug Development recently entered into an agreement to expand decentralized clinical trial capabilities and digital biomarker discovery. The companies will leverage Medidata...

3 Use Cases for Real World Evidence in Pharma Drug Development

by Samantha McGrail

Real world evidence (RWE) in pharmaceutical drug development analyzes real world data, such as electronic health records and data from wearable devices, to complement clinical trials data. RWE...

Eli Lilly’s Jardiance Reduces Death for Heart Failure Patients

by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company recently announced that its prescription medicine, Jardiance, elicited a 21-percent relative risk reduction in death or hospitalization for heart failure patients compared to...

Moderna Submits Initial Data to FDA for COVID-19 Vaccine Booster

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently submitted initial data to the FDA to evaluate a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1263, at the 50 microgram dose level.  The company will submit data to the European...

Cardiovascular Disease Clinical Trials Still Lack Diversity

by Samantha McGrail

Black Americans are still significantly underrepresented in cardiovascular disease clinical trials, and enrollment rates have not improved over time, according to a new paper published in the Journal...

FDA Approves Vivistim System for Chronic Ischemic Stroke

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved the MicroTransponder Vivistim Paired VNS System (Vivistim System) to treat moderate to severe upper extremity motor deficits associated with chronic ischemic...

Merck’s Pneumococcal Vaccine Meets Key Endpoints in Phase 3 Trial

by Samantha McGrail

Merck recently announced that its pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine, Vaxneuvance, met key immunogenicity and safety endpoints in a Phase 3 clinical trial.  The PNEU-PED study enrolled...

COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Fails to Halt Disease Progression

by Samantha McGrail

COVID-19 convalescent plasma given to high-risk outpatients within one week of the onset of coronavirus symptoms does not prevent disease progression, according to a New England Journal of Medicine...

J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Elicits Strong Antibody Responses

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson & Johnson recently announced that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine generated a rapid and robust increase in spike-binding antibodies, nine-fold higher than 28 days after...

Novartis Cancer Treatment Fails in Phase 3 Clinical Trial

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced that the Phase 3 clinical trial investigating its aggressive B-cell-non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) treatment, Kymriah, did not meet its primary endpoint of event-free survival...

FDA Accept Johnson & Johnson’s Expanded Indication for Xarelto

by Samantha McGrail

Johnson and Johnson recently announced that FDA approved an expanded peripheral artery disease (PAD) indication for its Xarelto vascular dose. The indication will now include patients following recent...

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Antibody 77% Effective in Phase 3 Trial

by Samantha McGrail

AstraZeneca recently announced that its COVID-19 antibody combination, AZD442, reduced the risk of symptomatic coronavirus by 77 percent compared to placebo in a Phase 3 trial.  The randomized,...

FDA Grants Accelerated Approval to GSK’s dMMR Antibody Drug

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently granted accelerated approval to GSK’s PD-1 blocking antibody drug, Jemperli, for adult patients with mismatch repair-deficient (dMMR) recurrent or advanced solid...

Novartis’ Diabetic Macular Edema Drug Successful in 2 Trials

by Samantha McGrail

Novartis recently announced that two Phase 2 clinical trials assessing its diabetic macular edema drug, Beovu, demonstrated overall well-tolerated safety profiles. The global, randomized Kite and...

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Full FDA Approval

by Samantha McGrail

FDA has granted full approval to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 years of age and older.  This vaccine, previously known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...

Moderna Doses First Patient in Study of mRNA Therapeutic for MMA

by Samantha McGrail

Moderna recently announced that the first patient has received a dose in a Phase 1/2 study of its mRNA therapeutic, mRNA-3705, for methylmalonic acidemia (MMA).  The open-label landmark study...

FDA Approves New Indication for Chronic Disease Treatment

by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently approved a new indication for chronic disease treatment, Xywav, intended for adults with idiopathic hypersomnia (IH).   The oral solution is already approved to treat cataplexy...

WHO Launches Next Trial Phase to Test COVID-19 Drugs in Patients

by Samantha McGrail

The World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced the next phase in its Solidarity trial, Solidarity PLUS, to test new COVID-19 drugs in hospitalized patients.  The trial will enroll...

Most Important FDA Novel Drug Approvals of 2021, So Far

by Samantha McGrail

The novel FDA drug approval process allows researchers to uncover the appropriate dosage for both children and adults, determine the best route of administration, and test for any drug interactions....

Novavax’s COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Neutralizing Antibody Levels

by Samantha McGrail

Novavax recently announced that a single booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, elicited a 4.6-fold increase in functional antibody titers six months after an initial two-dose...