Clinical Trials

Brilinta significantly reduced rate of composite of stroke and death in THALES trial

Detailed results from the positive Phase III THALES trial showed AstraZeneca’s Brilinta (ticagrelor) 90mg used twice daily and taken with daily aspirin for 30 days, reduced the rate of the primary composite endpoint of stroke and death by 17% (HR 0.83 [95% CI 0.71, 0.96], p=0.02), compared to aspirin alone in patients who had an acute ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA).

BioAegis Therapeutics receives approval to proceed with phase 2 trial of its gelsolin Covid-19 treatment

BioAegis Therapeutics Inc., announces that it received regulatory clearance from The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) for its Phase 2 Proof of Concept study of its lead product, recombinant human plasma gelsolin (rhu-pGSN) in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia.

Medicago starts phase I clinical trials with Covid-19 vaccine candidate

Biopharmaceutical firm Medicago has commenced the phase I clinical trials with its plant-derived Covid-19 vaccine candidate.

Rocket Pharmaceuticals treats first patient in phase 1 trial of RP-L301 for PKD

Rocket Pharmaceuticals said that the first patient has received investigational therapy in the open-label, Phase 1 clinical trial of RP-L301, the Company’s lentiviral vector (LVV)-based gene therapy for the treatment of Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKD), a rare monogenic red blood cell disorder.

Glenmark commences 1000 patients post marketing surveillance study with Covid-19 who are administered FabiFlu

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a research-led, integrated global pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has commenced a Post Marketing Surveillance (PMS) study on FabiFlu to closely monitor the efficacy and safety of the drug in 1000 patients that are prescribed with the oral antiviral, as part of an open label, multicenter, single arm study.

Russian university completes human trials of coronavirus vaccine candidate

Russia's Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) has reportedly completed clinical trials of a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.

Oxygen Sensor InPro 6860iHD

Reliable Oxygen Measurements Continuous dissolved oxygen (DO) measurement is critical during fermentation and cell culture.

Moderna completes enrolment of phase 2 study of its mRNA vaccine against Covid-19

Moderna, a clinical stage biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, announced that it has completed enrollment for both cohorts of the Phase 2 study of its vaccine candidate (mRNA-1273) against Covid-19.

Ridgeback begins enrolment for phase 2 Covid-19 trial of EIDD-2801

Ridgeback Biotherapeutics has commenced enrolment for the phase 2 trial of its Covid-19 drug candidate EIDD-2801, an orally-bioavailable form of a potent ribonucleoside analog.