Contract research organization (CRO), Phastar, has had its net-zero target approved by SBTi which it hopes to achieve by adopting stringent sustainability standards.
At DPharm 2023, there was a huge meeting of minds to discuss the latest innovations in clinical trials. Outsourcing Pharma was delighted to have an in-depth discussion with IQVIA’s Elan Josielewski, senior principal and head of operations, patient centered...
The U.K. startup Automata Technologies has bagged $40 million in a funding round to expand its workforce and the geographic reach of its life sciences lab automation technology.
A new approach to discovering targets for Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases has been presented by Insilico Medicine with the University of Cambridge, UK.
The French-U.S. company Novadiscovery has hailed a “watershed moment for clinical trial design” as its trial simulation tool successfully predicted the outcome of a phase 3 oncology trial run by AstraZeneca.
The U.S. company Rome Therapeutics plans to use the proceeds of its $72 million Series B round to take an experimental autoimmune disease treatment through early clinical testing.
The AstraZeneca-owned company Alexion has teamed up with Verge Genomics to deploy the U.S. startup’s drug discovery platform in the search for novel drug targets for rare neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases.
An oral treatment, developed by the U.S. company Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., has shown promise as an alternative to injected therapies for tackling the rare disease acromegaly in a phase 3 trial.
HumanFirst, a cloud-based software company accelerating patient-centered drug development through AI, has announced the launch of its precision measures platform.
Glasgow diagnostics spinout Microplate Dx has closed a £2.5 million seed funding round to develop its point-of-care diagnostic platform, which can confirm the presence of bacteria and rapidly identify effective antibiotics to use and which ones to avoid....
The UK startup Intelligent OMICS (Intellomx) has launched a collaboration with Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical company Janssen to use artificial intelligence (AI) to discover drug targets for the treatment of blood cancer.
Less than a month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave its antidepressant drug zuranolone (Zurzuvae) a mixed welcome, Sage Therapeutics has launched plans to reorganize its operations by refocusing its drug development efforts and laying...
The small molecule drug alectinib (Alecensa) developed by the big pharma company Roche has improved disease-free survival in patients with a specific form of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) when delivered as an adjuvant therapy in a phase 3 trial.
More people are talking about mental illness than ever before. However, despite increased awareness, it remains one of the most neglected areas of public health globally, with research and quality of care lagging behind physical health conditions.
A kidney disease drug with a ‘durable and clinically meaningful impact on kidney function’ has been granted priority review by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The first oral pill in the United States specifically for postpartum depression, a serious mental illness, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Dr. Susan Wood is CEO and president of VIDA Diagnostics. She has over 25 years of experience championing clinical intelligence solutions into routine clinical use.
The EMA organized a task force made up of various stakeholders to gather insights on potential EU-level actions to improve the set up of clinical trials during public health emergencies.
Phesi, a global provider of patient-centric data analytics, has released the results of its mid-year global analysis of all clinical trials conducted in 2023 to date.
Greenphire, provider of clinical trial financial solutions, has released its global 2023 State of Clinical Trial Patient Convenience Market Trends survey.
An experimental antidepressant developed by Neumora Therapeutics has shown promising results in a phase 2 trial, leading the company to plan its pathway to phase 3 testing.
The U.S. startup Surge Therapeutics has raised $32 million in a Series B round to bankroll the development of a hydrogel-based immunotherapy delivered during cancer surgery.
The U.S. startup Surge Therapeutics has raised $32 million in a Series B round to bankroll the development of a hydrogel-based immunotherapy delivered during cancer surgery.
The pharma giants AbbVie, Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bayer and Merck have been revealed as founding members of the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD), a project aiming to accelerate drug development by collecting genomic data from underrepresented populations.
Liz Beatty is co-founder and chief strategy officer at Inato, a clinical trials platform which flips the traditional model and allows community sites to participate in the trials that are best aligned with their interests and that of their patients.
Roche has entered a licensing and collaboration deal with the U.S. company KSQ Therapeutics to co-develop KSQ’s lead cancer drug, which is designed to sabotage the DNA repair mechanisms of cancer cells.
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.
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.
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...
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...
With generative AI continuing to create a buzz, OSP took the opportunity to speak to Indegene, a digital-first, life sciences commercialization company that helps biopharmaceutical, emerging biotech and medical device companies develop products. Talking...
A study looking at the feasibility of using repeated sampling of validated digital measures at home, in patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), has completed enrollment for a multi-site study.
Redx has been presented with a commemorative plaque at its HQ at Alderley Park, in recognition of its discovery of pirtobrutinib, the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) in Eli Lilly's cancer treatment Jaypirca.
A previously announced research collaboration between Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences that was focused on oncology has been expanded to include inflammatory diseases therapies.
Xequel Bio has selected Societal CDMO to support the ongoing clinical development of a patented new chemical entity based on its aCT1 (alpha-Connexin carboxyl-Terminal 1 peptide) platform.
Vedanta Biosciences has obtained fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its live biotherapeutic VE303, a preventative treatment for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI).
Results from a multinational trial of trifluridine/tipracil, known as Lonsurf, with or without bevacizumab in refractory metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) have resulted in statistically significantly and clinically meaningful improvements.
A single-agent treatment for patients with relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic neoplasms has shown promising results, including overall survival, in a study.
Scorpion Therapeutics, a clinical-stage oncology company, has announced that the first patient has been dosed in a phase 1/2 clinical trial of STX-478, its treatment for breast cancer and other solid tumors.
Galapagos NV has announced it has initiated a phase 3 study with small molecule drug filgotinib in patients with the chronic, highly inflammatory condition, active axial spondyloarthritis(AxSpA).
The company announces plans to reorganize its business to focus on design-and-deployment engagements for on-site implementation of automated cloud labs.
