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MediciGlobal launches latest version of ADapt patient recruitment system

CROs and Pharmaceutical companies are speeding the process of study launch and accelerating patient recruitment. Such initiatives involve the adoption of new processes, technologies and organisational structure. One such initiative is MediciGlobal's unique and proprietary web-based system called ADapt, focused on launching patient recruitment programmes faster.

24 Sep 2009

Oxygen Biotherapeutics submits a patent application for its heart attack treatment device

Oxygen Biotherapeutics, Inc. today announced that the company has submitted a patent application for a new invention that uses Oxycyte(R) perfluorocarbon to deliver oxygen as a first aid treatment for victims of heart attacks and strokes. Oxycyte is the Company's perfluorocarbon (PFC) therapeutic oxygen carrier.

24 Sep 2009

Liquidia founder Dr. Joseph DeSimone honoured with the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Liquidia Technologies today announced its founder, Dr. Joseph DeSimone, has received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award. Pioneer Awards are designed to support individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose pioneering – and possibly transforming – approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

24 Sep 2009

CTRC commences patient enrolment in Phase 2 clinical trial of REOLYSIN for metastatic melanoma

Oncolytics Biotech Inc. announced today that the Cancer Therapy Research Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center (CTRC) has started patient enrolment in a U.S. Phase 2 clinical trial using intravenous administration of REOLYSIN(R) in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with metastatic melanoma.

24 Sep 2009

Clinical trial comparing Boston Scientific's coronary stent systems

Boston Scientific Corporation today welcomed one-year data from the SPIRIT IV clinical trial comparing the XIENCE V((R)) (PROMUS((R))) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System to the TAXUS((R)) Express2(TM) Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System. The results support the benefits of paclitaxel-eluting stents in diabetic patients. The trial enrolled 3,690 patients, including 1,140 diabetics, the largest diabetic subset ever studied in a drug-eluting stent clinical trial.

24 Sep 2009

Max Neeman International partners with Max Healthcare to open a Phase I/IIa clinical trial unit

Max Neeman International, a leading Indian CRO, announced a partnership with Max Healthcare to open a Phase I/IIa clinical trial unit at Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India. This proof of concept unit will allow Pharmaceutical, Biotech & Device companies the option to complete a critical part of the development process across multiple therapeutic areas quickly and with the highest quality.

24 Sep 2009

Pre-clinical data demonstrates advantages of Combo Stent

OrbusNeich announced today that pre-clinical data involving porcine coronary models demonstrate that the company's Combo Bio-engineered Sirolimus Eluting Stent (Combo Stent) may offer advantages to the Cypher(R) sirolimus eluting stent and the XIENCE(TM) V everolimus eluting stent.

24 Sep 2009

Clinical study results of Novolimus and Myolimum eluting coronary stent systems released

Elixir Medical Corporation, a developer of products that combine state-of-the-art medical devices with advanced pharmaceuticals, announced today positive results from three multicenter first-in-man studies of Novolimus and Myolimus eluting coronary stent systems with durable and bioabsorbable polymers. Findings were presented at the 21st Annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT 2009) scientific symposium.

24 Sep 2009

New version of Adis R&D Insight global pipeline database launched

Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of market data and competitive intelligence to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, today introduced a powerful, new version of its popular Adis R&D Insight global pipeline database.

24 Sep 2009

ThromboGenics completes enrollment for MIVI-TRUST clinical trial

ThromboGenics NV, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative treatments for eye disease, vascular disease and cancer, announces today that it has completed the enrolment of the US Phase III trial evaluating microplasmin for the non-surgical treatment of eye disease.

24 Sep 2009

CEL-SCI Corporation engages a CRO for clinical trial of its investigational LEAPS-H1N1 treatment

CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM), a developer of vaccines and therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases and a late-stage oncology company, announced today that it has hired a full-service Clinical Research Organization (CRO) with an office in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore area to support its conduct of the upcoming clinical trial of its investigational LEAPS-H1N1 treatment.

24 Sep 2009

New method found for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

For the first time researchers have shown that by inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK-1, it is possible to make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, opening the way for the development of a new drug to treat the disease.

24 Sep 2009

Rasagiline slows the rate of Parkinson's disease progression

Following one of the largest studies ever conducted in Parkinson's disease (PD), researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine report today in The New England Journal of Medicine that rasagiline, a drug currently used to treat the symptoms of PD, may also slow the rate of disease progression.

24 Sep 2009

MicroDose initiates Phase 1 clinical trial investigating the pharmacokinetics of atropine inhalation

MicroDose Therapeutx Inc. (formerly MicroDose Technologies) today announced that it has initiated a Phase I study at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with atropine sulfate delivered from the MicroDose proprietary dry powder inhaler (DPI). The study is a further step in the development program for an atropine inhaler to treat nerve agent poisoning in military and civil defense applications.

24 Sep 2009

Clinical Site Services launches new website providing clinical trial information

Clinical Site Services (CSS), a leader in patient enrollment solutions for the clinical research industry, announces the launch of its comprehensive website,http://www.MyClinicalTrial.com, which is focused on advancing the significance of clinical research.

24 Sep 2009

Study reveals that AIR Inhaled Insulin is inferior to SC insulin

The commercial failure of Exubera- (Pfizer, New York, NY), the first inhaled insulin product to come to market, led other companies such as Eli Lilly-Alkermes to halt studies of similar drug delivery in development intended to compete for a share of the lucrative diabetes market. Does this signal defeat for efforts to deliver insulin via the lungs? The science and circumstances behind the Lilly-Alkermes decision to discontinue trials of the AIR- inhaled insulin product are explored in a special supplement to Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (www.liebertpub.com). The supplement is available free online at www.liebertpub.com/dia

24 Sep 2009

ADAGIO clinical trial results demonstrating AZILECT's efficacy published

Results from the ADAGIO trial, published online today in The New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated that Parkinson’s disease patients receiving AZILECT (rasagiline) 1mg/day at the start of the study (early-start group) experienced superior benefit over 18 months compared with those who started the exact same treatment nine months later (delayed-start group).

24 Sep 2009

Results of Phase III clinical trial of HIV vaccine released

A Phase III clinical trial involving more than 16,000 adult volunteers in Thailand has demonstrated that an investigational HIV vaccine regimen was safe and modestly effective in preventing HIV infection. According to final results released by the trial sponsor, the U.S. Army Surgeon General, the prime boost combination of ALVAC(R)( )HIV and AIDSVAX(R) B/E( )lowered the rate of HIV infection by 31.2% compared with placebo.

24 Sep 2009

Medivation commences patient treatment in clinical trial of MDV3100 in advanced prostate cancer

Medivation, Inc. (Nasdaq: MDVN) today announced treatment of the first patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial of the investigational drug MDV3100 in advanced prostate cancer. Known as AFFIRM, the trial will evaluate the novel androgen receptor antagonist MDV3100 in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer who were previously treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy.

24 Sep 2009

KIKA releases the Veracity 3.7 advanced EDC solution for clinical trial management

KIKA Clinical Solutions, the leading provider of advanced EDC solutions for clinical trials, continues leading the industry in providing solutions that go well beyond traditional EDC with the release of Veracity™ 3.7.

24 Sep 2009

Clinical Trial News and Research

MediciGlobal launches latest version of ADapt patient recruitment system

Oxygen Biotherapeutics submits a patent application for its heart attack treatment device

Liquidia founder Dr. Joseph DeSimone honoured with the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

CTRC commences patient enrolment in Phase 2 clinical trial of REOLYSIN for metastatic melanoma

Clinical trial comparing Boston Scientific's coronary stent systems

Max Neeman International partners with Max Healthcare to open a Phase I/IIa clinical trial unit

Pre-clinical data demonstrates advantages of Combo Stent

Clinical study results of Novolimus and Myolimum eluting coronary stent systems released

New version of Adis R&D Insight global pipeline database launched

ThromboGenics completes enrollment for MIVI-TRUST clinical trial

CEL-SCI Corporation engages a CRO for clinical trial of its investigational LEAPS-H1N1 treatment

New method found for the treatment of pancreatic cancer

Rasagiline slows the rate of Parkinson's disease progression

MicroDose initiates Phase 1 clinical trial investigating the pharmacokinetics of atropine inhalation

Clinical Site Services launches new website providing clinical trial information

Study reveals that AIR Inhaled Insulin is inferior to SC insulin

ADAGIO clinical trial results demonstrating AZILECT's efficacy published

Results of Phase III clinical trial of HIV vaccine released

Medivation commences patient treatment in clinical trial of MDV3100 in advanced prostate cancer

KIKA releases the Veracity 3.7 advanced EDC solution for clinical trial management

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