In a development that puts us very close to a possible therapy for cancer, researchers have devised a novel way of killing cancer cells using two viruses. The same team, in their…
Tag: Clinical Trials
Immunocore, Lilly ink immunotherapy-based clinical trial pact for melanoma
Immunocore Limited and Eli Lilly and Company have entered into a agreement under which they will setup an immunotherapy-based clinical trial collaboration to explore both the company’s melanoma drugs. The clinical trials…
Novartis drug against psoriatic arthritis shows sustained efficacy
Novartis has revealed thee results of its pivotal Phase III FUTURE 2 study of secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with majority of patients showing sustained improvements over the course of one year…
Drug for currently untreatable form of blindness being trialled in UK
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common forms of macular degeneration that affects around 500,000 people over the age of 50 in the UK alone doesn’t have any cure….
NHS announces plans of first human trails of manufactured blood
In a landmark development, the National Health Services (NHS) Blood and Transplant has revealed its plans of going ahead with first human trails of manufactured blood within two years. The clinical trial,…
RedHill Biopharma’s H. pylori drug demonstrats 89.4% efficacy in eradicating infection
RedHill Biopharma announced the results of its phase III clinical trials of its RHB-105 for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacterial infection. According to the announcement, the drug demonstrated 89.4…
AstraZeneca, Lilly collaborate for immuno-oncology combination clinical trial in solid tumours
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) have revealed about their collaboration for clinical trials to evaluate the safety and preliminary efficacy of AstraZeneca’s investigational anti-PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibitor, MEDI4736, in combination…
Clinical trial for Alzheimer’s to start in UK; diabetes drug Liraglutide put to test
A clinical trial looking into the effect of a widely used diabetic drug Liraglutide on Alzheimer’s will start off in UK soon recruitment for which is already underway. Based on a groundbreaking…
BRCA-targeting drug shows promise for prostate cancer treatment
According to results of a major trial of a BRCA-targeting drug, men with prostate cancer can benefit from treatment with the pioneering drug olaparib – the first cancer drug to target inherited…