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$SAGE reports preliminary data from SAGE-547 Phase 1/2 clinical trial for super-refractory status epilepticus$

SAGE reports preliminary data from SAGE-547 Phase 1/2 clinical trial for super-refractory status epilepticus

SAGE Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines to treat life-threatening, rare central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced preliminary data from its ongoing open-label Phase 1/2 clinical trial of SAGE-547, an allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors, in patients with super-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE).

5 Jun 2014

Interim data from Promedior’s PRM-151 Phase 2 myelofibrosis clinical trial to be presented at 19th EHA Congress

Promedior, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of fibrosis, today announced that Ruben Mesa, MD, will present interim data from the Company's ongoing Phase 2 clinical trial of its lead product candidate, PRM-151, for the treatment of myelofibrosis, in a poster presentation on June 14, 2014 at the 19th Congress of European Hematology Association (EHA) which is being held in Milan, Italy, from June 12-15, 2014.

5 Jun 2014

Symphony continuous glucose monitoring system study selected for presentation at ADA scientific sessions

Echo Therapeutics, Inc., a medical device company developing its Symphony® CGM System as a non-invasive, wireless continuous glucose monitoring system, is pleased to announce that its most recently completed clinical study of Symphony was selected for poster presentation at the 74th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) which will be held June 13-17, 2014 in San Francisco, CA.

5 Jun 2014

NEJM publishes results from SOLO I Phase 3 clinical trial of ORBACTIV for ABSSSI

The Medicines Company today announced the publication of the results from the SOLO I Phase 3 clinical trial of ORBACTIV (oritavancin), an investigational intravenous antibiotic treatment for Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSI), in the New England Journal of Medicine.

5 Jun 2014

Palliative support services help caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

Dartmouth researchers have found that those caring for patients with advanced cancer experienced reduced depression and felt less burdened by caregiving tasks when palliative support services were offered soon after the patient's diagnosis.

5 Jun 2014

New antibiotic proves effective in treating serious bacterial skin and skin-structure infections

A study published in today's New England Journal of Medicine reports that the antibiotic dalbavancin is as effective as vancomycin, the current standard-of-care antibiotic used to treat serious bacterial skin and skin-structure infections.

5 Jun 2014

Leukemia researcher wins 2014 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science

A physician-scientist who developed a personalized immunotherapy for leukemia using patients' own T cells is the recipient of the 2014 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science, awarded by the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan Medical School.

4 Jun 2014

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals opens new monoclonal antibody manufacturing facility in Switzerland

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals S.A (GPSA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, India (GPL), announced the opening of its new cGMP compliant monoclonal antibody manufacturing facility in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. T

4 Jun 2014

AFFiRiS releases positive study results of AD04 therapeutic drug in Alzheimer patients

AFFiRiS announced today the results of a phase II study in Alzheimer patients. AFFiRiS' proprietary compound AD04 is the first drug ever to demonstrate clinical and biomarker effects consistent with disease modification in Alzheimer patients.

4 Jun 2014

Provectus’ PV-10 data for intralesional treatment of solid tumors presented at ASCO annual meeting

Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a development-stage oncology and dermatology biopharmaceutical company, announced today that data on its investigational agent PV-10 for intralesional (IL) treatment of solid tumors were featured in two presentations in the Poster Highlights Session, Melanoma/Skin Cancers, on June 2, 2014 during the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting in Chicago, IL.

4 Jun 2014

PsiOxus Therapeutics presents positive study results of anti-cancer vaccine Enadenotucirev at ASCO Annual Meeting

PsiOxus Therapeutics, Ltd. (PsiOxus), an award-winning biotechnology company developing innovative, novel treatments for cancer, announced that updates for its on-going international multicentre clinical program of the oncolytic vaccine enadenotucirev (previously known as ColoAd1) were presented at the 2014 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

4 Jun 2014

Thrasos presents positive results of THR-184 compound for treatment of acute kidney injury

Thrasos Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company focused on delivering new solutions for kidney disease, today presented preclinical results showing that its lead development compound THR-184 can effectively protect against loss of kidney function following acute ischemic injury in rat.

4 Jun 2014

Study results suggest growing support for patient-centered care management

Primary care doctors practicing in a model of coordinated, team-based care that leverages health information technology are more likely to give patients recommended preventive screening and appropriate tests than physicians working in other settings, according to research published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

4 Jun 2014

UIC conducts clinical trial to evaluate three-drug combination therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are conducting a clinical trial to evaluate a new, three-drug combination therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer.

4 Jun 2014

Autifony Therapeutics awarded £2.2 million to progress first-in-class drug for tinnitus into Phase IIa study

Autifony Therapeutics Limited (“Autifony”), which is pioneering the development of novel pharmaceutical treatments for hearing disorders, today announced that it has been awarded funding of £2.2 million towards a Phase IIa clinical trial in tinnitus patients with its lead compound AUT00063, by the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board.

4 Jun 2014

Screening helped prevent nearly half a million colorectal cancer cases in the U.S.

An estimated half a million cancers were prevented by colorectal cancer screening in the United States from 1976 to 2009, report researchers from the Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy, and Effectiveness Research Center at Yale Cancer Center.

4 Jun 2014

CluePoints' web-based CSM solution to help sponsors evaluate quality, integrity of clinical trial data

CluePoints, a leading provider of Centralized Statistical Monitoring (CSM) solutions for clinical trials, has announced a web-based version of its intelligent risk-based monitoring platform that enables sponsors to determine the quality and integrity of their clinical trial data.

3 Jun 2014

NYU Langone scientists identify promising treatment target for Alzheimer's disease

Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have identified a compound, called 2-PMAP, in animal studies that reduced by more than half levels of amyloid proteins in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease.

3 Jun 2014

Enzalutamide drug proves effective in stemming progression of prostate cancer

A drug used to treat men with late-stage prostate cancer proved effective in stemming progression of the disease in research participants who had not yet received chemotherapy and extended their survival, according to results from a multi-national Phase III clinical trial led by the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University.

3 Jun 2014

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' JZP-110 improves symptoms of EDS in adults with narcolepsy

Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc today presented data from the Phase 2b study evaluating JZP-110 (formerly known as ADX-N05) as a potential new treatment for the symptoms of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in adults with narcolepsy.

3 Jun 2014

Clinical Trial News and Research

SAGE reports preliminary data from SAGE-547 Phase 1/2 clinical trial for super-refractory status epilepticus

Interim data from Promedior’s PRM-151 Phase 2 myelofibrosis clinical trial to be presented at 19th EHA Congress

Symphony continuous glucose monitoring system study selected for presentation at ADA scientific sessions

NEJM publishes results from SOLO I Phase 3 clinical trial of ORBACTIV for ABSSSI

Palliative support services help caregivers of patients with advanced cancer

New antibiotic proves effective in treating serious bacterial skin and skin-structure infections

Leukemia researcher wins 2014 Taubman Prize for Excellence in Translational Medical Science

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals opens new monoclonal antibody manufacturing facility in Switzerland

AFFiRiS releases positive study results of AD04 therapeutic drug in Alzheimer patients

Provectus’ PV-10 data for intralesional treatment of solid tumors presented at ASCO annual meeting

PsiOxus Therapeutics presents positive study results of anti-cancer vaccine Enadenotucirev at ASCO Annual Meeting

Thrasos presents positive results of THR-184 compound for treatment of acute kidney injury

Study results suggest growing support for patient-centered care management

UIC conducts clinical trial to evaluate three-drug combination therapy for advanced pancreatic cancer

Autifony Therapeutics awarded £2.2 million to progress first-in-class drug for tinnitus into Phase IIa study

Screening helped prevent nearly half a million colorectal cancer cases in the U.S.

CluePoints' web-based CSM solution to help sponsors evaluate quality, integrity of clinical trial data

NYU Langone scientists identify promising treatment target for Alzheimer's disease

Enzalutamide drug proves effective in stemming progression of prostate cancer

Jazz Pharmaceuticals' JZP-110 improves symptoms of EDS in adults with narcolepsy

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