Optimizing Trial Efficiency with Bayesian Dose Escalation Designs
As acceptance of flexible trial designs continues to advance, many sponsors are increasingly exploring alternate methods of dose escalation to...
The Potential of Biosimilars – for Drug Makers and Patients
The production of biosimilar drugs remains at a rapid pace, and represents not only an advantage for patients, but a...
The Multifaceted Role of the Nonclinical Expert at the Center of Drug Development Teams
Product development teams getting started on preclinical exploration of a potential treatment need a certain set of specialists on board....
The Black Box of Anti-COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibodies: An Overview, Definitions, and Terminology
We learned on 25 January 2022 that the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) halted use of most monoclonal antibodies for...
Expediting Treatments to Oncology Patients in Need: Understanding the FDA’s Accelerated Pathways
In recent years, we have observed a significant increase in use of expedited programs offered by the U.S. Federal Drug...
The Case for Early Regulatory Consideration for Clinical Development of Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CART)
Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell (CART) has revolutionized the treatment of hematological malignancies, including B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-cell lymphomas,...
Great News from EMA in December: Three New Treatments for COVID-19
December 2021 brought great news for European COVID-19 patients, their health care providers, and the whole population suffering from medical...
Cervical Health Awareness Month – Cervical Cancer: Prevention, Detection, Development
Cervical Health Awareness Month is a good time to review the state of cervical cancer, what you can do personally,...
EU Clinical Trial Regulation: What, When, Who, Why, How?
The long-anticipated European Union (EU) Clinical Trial Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 536/2014) (CTR), intended to improve and coordinate the submission and review...
Anticipating Obstacles to Approval Before Your Early Phase Oncology Study: Four Critical Areas to Consider
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have rigorous processes for reviewing applications for...