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Medical Marijuana Trials: Pre-empted by Politics
There has been a lot of debate on the therapeutic use of marijuana. There are currently 24 states that have legalized marijuana for medical use.
There has been a lot of debate on the therapeutic use of marijuana. There are currently 24 states that have legalized marijuana for medical use. Most recently, two states, Washington and Colorado, have legalised the drug for recreational use.
While there is literature that suggests benefits of marijuana for medicinal use, particularly in animal models, funding and approvals for therapeutic marijuana use in clinical trials is limited. For example, Dr. Sue Sisley, a psychiatrist at the University of Arizona, lost her job over a proposal to study marijuana on posttraumatic stress disorder patients.
In this article, Applied Clinical Trials’ Moe Alsumidaie talks to Donald Abrams, MD, Cancer and Integrative Medicine Specialist at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Mount Zion, and Chief of Hematology and Oncology at San Francisco General Hospital, about his experience in running therapeutic marijuana clinical trials. Click here.
What Every Pharma CEO Should Know About Unlocking the Potential of Scientific Data
December 11th 2024When integrated into pharmaceutical enterprises, scientific data has the potential to drive organizational growth and innovation. Mikael Hagstroem, CEO at leading laboratory informatics provider LabVantage Solutions, discusses how technology partners add significant value to pharmaceutical R&D, in addition to manufacturing quality.
Key Findings of the NIAGARA and HIMALAYA Trials
November 8th 2024In this episode of the Pharmaceutical Executive podcast, Shubh Goel, head of immuno-oncology, gastrointestinal tumors, US oncology business unit, AstraZeneca, discusses the findings of the NIAGARA trial in bladder cancer and the significance of the five-year overall survival data from the HIMALAYA trial, particularly the long-term efficacy of the STRIDE regimen for unresectable liver cancer.
