Phase I

According to a warning from federal officials last week, dozens of drug companies, universities and medical device manufacturers owe more than a decade’s worth of data from clinical trials.
The company announced data from Phase I of its Phase I/II placebo-controlled trial of its vaccine with and without Matrix-M adjuvant.
Data security risks are growing as more and more clinical trials embrace telemedicine and other digital technologies.
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In June, it dosed its first two patients using a novel therapeutic, AMT-130, delivered directly to the brain. Initial readouts are expected in a year’s time.
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As usual, there was plenty of clinical trial news last week. Here’s a look.
Merck is joining the ranks of pharmaceutical companies that have a COVID-19 vaccine candidate in clinical development. Merck will move its candidate into clinical trials in the third quarter of this year, the company announced this morning.
In October 2019, Alexion Pharmaceuticals snapped up Achillon Pharmaceuticals and its oral small molecule Factor D inhibitor program for a rare kidney disease for $930 million in cash. This week, the company shuttered the program following disappointing clinical data.
AiCure’s phone app helps clinical trials keep tabs on which participants have taken their medications correctly and which have not. By analyzing videos the app takes, they can also spot who is intentionally not taking their pills, known as intentional nonadherence.
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