The U.S. startup Readout AI has closed a pre-seed financing round to fuel the development of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based tool to speed up data analysis in clinical trials.
Cumulus Neuroscience, a global digital health company focused on advancing neuroscience clinical trials and patient care, presented interim data from their first-in-class CNS-102 feasibility study at the European Network to Cure ALS Annual Meeting (ENCALS)...
The U.S. company Arthrosi Therapeutics has bagged $75 million in a Series D round to fund the clinical development of a small molecule drug for chronic gout.
2San, a supplier of self-diagnostic tests, has partnered with Proov to distribute their proprietary at-home fertility tests in select Hy-Vee stores across eight states in the Midwest.
Acasti Pharma, a late-stage biopharma company with drug candidates addressing rare and orphan diseases, has selected WuXi Clinical Development to conduct its STRIVE-ON phase 3 safety trial for GTX-104, a novel injectable nimodipine formulation for intravenous...
Ora, a clinical research organization (CRO) for ophthalmology pharmaceutical and device development, has partnered the North West London Clinical Trials Alliance, to improve the quality and access to clinical research in the region.
The Israeli company Galmed Pharmaceuticals is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) tools developed by the U.S. company OnKai to help carry out clinical trials of a rare disease treatment in communities that have low access to healthcare.
Lisa Moneymaker is full of energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom. She is well-known on the pharma circuit and it’s easy to see why. She has been chief technology officer and chief product officer at Saama since October last year and feels passionately about...
A licensing agreement between Evotec SE and Bristol Myers Squibb Company (BMS) that will ‘bolster a pipeline of programmes targeting several neurodegenerative conditions’ was announced today (July 11).
Jason Dong, co-CEO-founder of Mural Health, wants to make sure patients taking part in trials are not out of pocket. He joined OSP while at DIA Global to discuss how his business came about and why it is so important.
Updated guidelines for risk-based quality management (RBQM) are much more than just for monitoring purposes and can show quality by design concepts, save immeasurable time on manpower and shows there has been a complete mindset shift within the last 15...
OSP spoke to senior director of clinical trials, Erin Leckrone, and Kathleen Kane, senior manager of clinical operations at Be The Match Biotherapies, to discuss how creating a well-designed and reviewed protocol is critical to a study's overall...
Anorexia nervosa is a notoriously difficult illness to treat. It has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disorder, yet there is currently no FDA approved therapy for the condition.
The first and only approved anti-amyloid Alzheimer's Disease (AD) treatment shown to reduce the rate of disease progression and slow cognitive impairment has been granted approval by the FDA.
This year’s CPHI South East Asia is expecting a surge in international partnering with organizers expecting a record attendance of 8,000 visitors including a significant number from overseas – doubling last year’s figures.
With the FDA issuing guidance on more diversity within clinical trials, it is a subject many companies are being encouraged to focus on, each with their own approach.
Lucy Jung is the CEO and founder at Charco Neurotech, a medtech start-up which has developed the CEU1, a wearable device for Parkinson's, that uses vibrotactile stimulation to reduce symptoms of slowness and stiffness - resulting in improved movement....
Drugs like Annovis Bio’s buntanetap and prasinezumab have the potential to “revolutionize the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease” says analytics company, GlobalData, an analytics company, but it is a complex road ahead.
Clerkenwell Health, a specialist clinical research organisation (CRO) focused on supporting clients with the design and delivery of psychedelic-assisted therapy trials, is sponsoring the upcoming Psych Symposium 2023 on Thursday 6 July in London.
New guidelines have been issued by the FDA called Diversity Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Populations in Clinical Trials. Curavit was ahead of the game with its plans, find out how.
George Freeman MP, minister of state at the new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, has praised a decade of growth at Discovery Park, the leading science and innovation campus in Sandwich, Kent.
RAIR Health, an applied data and AI company focused on the extraction of clinical insights from real world data, has signed a non-exclusive data license agreement with Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCH) focussed on the field of ophthalmology.
Kicking off a series of DIA Global interviews in Boston, OSP had the pleasure of speaking to Cal Collins, co-founder and CEO of OpenClinica - a company that wants to empower data managers, clinical researchers, and study participants.
Eli Lilly has announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted marketing authorization (MA) for its ulcerative colitis treatment, Mirikizumab.
Anebulo Pharmaceuticals is currently developing a new, first-of-its-kind drug, ANEB-001, intended to rapidly reverse the negative effects of acute cannabinoid intoxication (ACI) within one hour of administration. The treatment is a cannabinoid receptor...
uMotif is starting to reap the rewards of its patient first technology – that really does what it says on the tin, says the company’s CEO, Steve Rosenberg.
Dr. Theresa Heah is the CEO of Intergalactic Therapeutics, bringing over two decades of global leadership experience in ophthalmology drug development along with commercialization in early-stage, private-staged companies. We spoke to her about her background,...
The US drug developer Nanopharmaceutics has teamed up with PrecisionLife in a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of Nanopharmaceutics’ central nervous system (CNS) drug pipeline with precision medicine.
The world’s first anti-fibrotic small molecule inhibitor, discovered and designed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) has completed the first patient dose in a phase 2 clinical trial.
The Japanese company Shionogi has taken over the US biotech Qpex Biopharma for up to $140 million in a bid to expand its pipeline of antimicrobial drugs and boost its R&D muscle in infectious disease.
Everybody seems to be talking about artificial intelligence at the moment. Some are fascinated, others afraid and a few might worry for their jobs. However, for the pharmaceutical industry, it is said to be completely transforming the landscape.
Helmholtz Munich, part of Germany’s biggest research organization, the Helmholtz Association, alongside DDN, the world’s largest data storage company have been selected as a winner of the 2023 AI Breakthrough Awards, for best AI-based solution for life...
Sequana Medical has just announced additional data on safety, quality of life and survival from its North American alfapump study, called Poseidon which could signal an end to manual draining of ascites.
The escalation of a drug targeting tumors, by releasing active chemotherapy into the disease tissue, has had ‘remarkable’ results and also shown a reduction in side-effects.
Kelly Smeltzer loves processes, processes that work and save on waste and money. She has a particular interest in the excess production of pharmaceutical drugs and wastage, with 30 years of experience in supply chain management under her belt.
This time next week, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center will be positively buzzing with a broad range of those in the pharmaceutical industry for the annual DIA global meeting.
A soft mist inhaler made by Resyca BV, a joint venture of Medspray Pharma BV and Recipharm AB, is being brought to patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Positive phase 3 results from a trial studying fruquintinib, in patients with previously treated colorectal cancer (CRC) were announced by Hutchmed and Takeda on Friday (June 16).
CStone Pharmaceuticals' shares have risen after academic journal Nature Cancer published the clinical study results of its lung-cancer treatment sugemalimab.
Coordinating with Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (MHAM), this June, Pfizer has announced it is partnering with multi-award winning, singer and actress, Lady Gaga, who was diagnosed with migraine when she was 14.
Multinational pharmaceutical company, Gedeon Richter UK Ltd, announced this week that it has acquired full marketing and distribution rights to a contraceptive range.
The digital biomarkers company has partnered with Beacon Biosignlas, a computational neurodiagnostics company to launch a clinical trial investigate the integration of Beacon’s at-home electroencephalogram (EEG) into Koneksa’s neuroscience solution toolkit.
A collaboration will unlock Japan’s research and development (R&D) and boost the adoption of new technologies, experts in the Japanese pharmaceutical sector and a not-for-profit alliance say.
With the clinical trial landscape continuing to evolve and adapt, OSP took the opportunity to speak to CluePoints, a software company that provides sponsors and CROs a better way of detect and manage risks that may impact the outcome of clinical trials.
