R&D/Clinical Trials

October 18, 2020

This week's much-anticipated meeting of FDA’s vaccine advisory committee will address critical issues related to the testing and approval of vaccines to prevent COVID-19 infection.

October 15, 2020

Gabi Hanna, MD highlights the need for an effective therapy for acute pancreatitis.

September 20, 2020

With all eyes on efforts to research and test potential vaccines and therapies to combat the coronavirus pandemic, fears about overly accelerated development programs has heightened demands for wider access to information on study protocols, statistical analysis plans, and early results.

August 18, 2020

Dr. Manuel Hermosilla shares his thoughts on how the pharmaceutical industry reacts to challenges that arise during trials, specifically during the search for an effective COVID-19 vaccine.

August 10, 2020

EXUMA Biotech's Dr. Greg Frost talks about his work making CAR-T cell therapy readily accessible and affordable.

August 04, 2020

When approached correctly, drug development in the rare disease space can be quite successful – especially when powerhouses across the industry join forces and leverage the power of data to help drive potential treatment options.

July 09, 2020

Former physician and clinical researcher Antony Loebel, now president and CEO of Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, discusses his career-long mission to advance novel treatments for patients suffering from serious and underserved CNS disorders.

June 29, 2020

The need for treatments to combat the spread of COVID-19 is promoting greater cooperation among drug regulatory authorities around the world, with FDA officials communicating more frequently with their counterparts in Europe, Canada, Japan and other nations through established programs and agreements.

June 15, 2020

Physician, company CEO, surgeon, philanthropist, and owner of the LA Times, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong talks about his progress developing a COVID-19 treatment and his goal to produce a billion doses to tackle the virus worldwide.

June 10, 2020

As government turns to the pharma industry not just for therapies or a vaccine but for tests and data to evaluate these treatments, people are receiving an education.

June 09, 2020

With widescale collaboration among companies, academia, and the science community to solve COVID-19, we can hope that this crisis has acted as a catalyst to increase positive perception for the biopharma industry.

May 17, 2020

Biopharma companies have been working overtime to supply billions of doses of any safe and effective preventive. But the tight timeframe means they can't wait for final clinical test results to begin preparing large-scale manufacturing operations and to address critical supply chain issues.

May 10, 2020

The only way for pharma companies to know where to focus their COVID-19 R&D efforts is for the industry to have access to real-time, real-world evidence of what’s working to keep people alive, write Travis Leonardi and William Kirsh.

May 07, 2020

Startup biotechs need to ensure that life-changing and potentially lifesaving treatments continue to be developed in in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ohana Biosciences' Amber Salzman outlines how her company is

April 28, 2020

Initial studies pointing to how genetic variations can impact disease states such as COVID-19 help to illustrate the growing importance of genomic medicine, writes Mark. J. Stevens.

April 06, 2020

Amy Butcher evaluates the current treatment options for prostate cancer and the looks to the future as clinical outcomes evolve.

March 31, 2020

Janita Good looks at some of the therapeutics currently under investigation and the issues they have highlighted in the context of a pandemic.

March 09, 2020

The collection of source plasma for new therapies igniting debate.

February 19, 2020

How current barriers along the roadway between biomarker testing and drug prescribing can affect decision-making for precision medicines.

February 09, 2020

Weighing new strategies to accelerate biomedical product development.