Timeliness, cost, and quality are all critical factors that must come together to ensure an efficient and successful clinical trial. Unfortunately, the complexity of trials, combined with coordination challenges, force sponsors to have to identify the opportunities needed to improve trials. But how do you know what efforts will produce the best results?
An open-label extension study is one that will lie between a double-blind, randomized controlled drug trial and FDA approval. The primary objective tends to be very different from a typical Phase 3 study, as the focus is on collecting more rigorous information on the long-term safety and tolerability of a new drug. These studies present unique challenges relating to study start-up, contracts, and selection criteria.
FDA started the Breakthrough Therapy Designation program in 2012. Since then, Genentech has garnered 15 designations, more than any other company. Jeffrey Siegel has been an instrumental component of that success. Siegel is Genentech’s senior group medical director and spent 14 years with FDA prior to joining the company. He has spent most of his career in pharma developing products to address the unmet medical needs of patients.
Clinical News Roundup for the week of April 10, 2017 with information on Scott Gottlieb and adaptive approaches, preparing for epidemic clinical trials, proposed tax law changes for clinical research, and using selfies to improve medicine adherence.
Clinical news roundup for the week of April 1, 2017 with information on RBM and cost savings, a culture change around clinical data, proposed clinical research tax credits, increasing patient diversity, the pharma industry in Mexico, and patient trust and satisfaction.
As CEO for France-based biotech Onxeo, CEO Judith Greciet is always looking for new opportunities to bring complementary products on board to expand her company’s pipeline. Onxeo currently has three compounds in clinical development, with one at the end of its Phase 3 trial. “External development is a key path in our strategy to grow the company,” says Greciet. “Whether you refer to this as an acquisition or inlicensing, we knew we would require additional, innovative assets to widen our pipeline and increase the value of the company.”
The patient advocacy firm Inspire has released the results of its second annual Insights From Engaged Patients survey. Over the last two years, Inspire has captured insights from nearly 24,000 patients and caregivers who face multiple health conditions. The survey looked into several areas related to patient interactions with social media, physicians, and most importantly, pharma companies.
When Lexicon Pharmaceuticals began planning for a clinical trial on neuroendocrine tumors, there were two things it hoped to accomplish. First, it wanted to incorporate patient voice into the trial design. Second, the company wanted to incorporate some type of mobile technology into the trial to help track feedback from patients.
In 2009 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) launched PROTECT (Pharmacoepidemiological Research on Outcomes of Therapeutics by a European Consortium), a new research program designed to strengthen the monitoring of the benefit risk of medicines in Europe. Stella Blackburn, vice president and global head of risk management for QuintilesIMS, was heavily involved with this groundbreaking study and discusses key findings of it with Clinical Leader.
Clinical news roundup for the week of December 4, 2016 with information on Almac partnering with inVentiv on IRT, ERT acquiring Exco In Touch, and the 21st Century Cures bill passing the Senate and moving on to the White House.
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