Search Tag: Clinical Trials
2024 09 Apr
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves new drugs that are deemed safe and effective when their benefits outweigh their risks. The accelerated approval pathway, developed in response to the HIV epidemic of the 1980s, allows promising drugs for unmet medical needs to reach the market faster. This is based on surrogate measures that are...Read more
2024 13 Feb
Intensive care consultant, Professor Anthony Gordon, has been appointed as the new Programme Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research's (NIHR) National Research Collaboration Programme (NRCP) . The NRCP is a partnership between the NIHR and NHS England to combine their expertise. The programme commissions high quality...Read more
2021 23 Dec
Sedana Medical AB (publ) has announces that the company has received Investigational New Drug (IND) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate phase III pivotal clinical trials with its Sedaconda products in the United States. Sedana Medical is aiming for a combination registration of the medical device Sedaconda ACD and...Read more
2021 24 Nov
Sedana Medical AB (publ) has announces that the company has submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with the aim to commence its phase III pivotal clinical trials with its Sedaconda products in the United States. Sedana Medical is aiming for a combination registration of the medical...Read more
2020 14 Feb
For the first time, an AI-made drug has reached the clinical trials stage. Called DSP-1181, the pharmaceutical drug created by AI technology to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder, is in phase 1 trials in Japan. You might also like: EIT Awards €6 mln to Health Start-ups The drug is a result of UK-based Exscientia....Read more
2019 02 Oct
Summary: Ageism can be defined as stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination towards people because of their age. An authority on ageism in healthcare highlights the challenges and opportunities in the sector. How serious/prevalent is the problem of ageism within healthcare and where do you think this stems from? I don’t think that the...Read more
2017 19 Sep
Although healthcare workers have a responsibility to raise concerns about patient safety and unethical or illegal conduct, if they do so they are often treated badly. Healthcare workers have a responsibility to raise concerns about patient safety and unethical or illegal conduct. Yet those who raise serious concerns are often treated badly...Read more
2017 07 May
Computerisation of data collection in a multicentre clinical trial allows fast and easy conduct of the study. Cloud computing is a viable solution for storing patient data in virtual archives accessible by different hospitals. The adoption of an IT platform for centralised review of images and clinical reports in trials saves resources and time....Read more