Clinical Trials

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. announced that it received a study may proceed letter from the FDA for its phase 1 clinical trial for COVI-GUARD (STI-1499) in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. As Sorrento previously announced, in preclinical studies, STI-1499 demonstrated 100% in vitro...

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE announced that they have submitted an amended protocol to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to expand the enrollment of their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial to up to approximately 44,000 participants which...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited announced results from the Phase 3 TOURMALINE-MM2 trial evaluating the addition of NINLARO™ (ixazomib) to lenalidomide and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone plus placebo in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma patients not eligible for autologous stem...

Analysis from Phesi shows the impact of COVID-19 on clinical development is continuing to mount, with many clinical trial sites unable to bounce back following suspension in March and April 2020. Phesi’s previous analysis in May 2020 found that...

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, has announced the results from two pivotal phase 3 trials (COUGH-1 and COUGH-2) evaluating the efficacy and safety of gefapixant (MK-7264), an investigational, orally administered, selective P2X3 receptor antagonist,...

Sharp - part of UDG Healthcare plc, a global leader in contract packaging clinical supply services, has launched a new Inventory Management System (IMS) to support clinical trial sponsors in managing inventory and supplies. The new system - named Clinventory...

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Beijing-based Sinovac Life Sciences Corp has obtained preliminary approval in Bangladesh for entering phase III clinical trials, the company. "Our vaccine has received approval from a national drug research council in Bangladesh and is...