Clinical Trials

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...

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has received approval to conduct phase II trials of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin from September 7. The Directorate General of Health Service said in a statement: "This is to inform you that the subject proposal was examined...

Much buzz was created around the world when Russia claimed to have approved the first COVID-19 vaccine around the world, for public use. Experts and researchers from around the world questioned the efficacy and safety of the vaccine, dubbed...

Sanofi and GSK today started the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate, developed in partnership by Sanofi and GSK, uses the same recombinant protein-based technology as one of Sanofi’s seasonal influenza vaccines with...