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Author Archive: BIOtechNOW Editor
CTTI: Use of Central IRBs in Multi-Center Trials to Streamline Clinical Research
Multi-center clinical trials can provide high-quality, statistically-sound evidence to answer medical questions. Earlier this year, the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) launched a new tool and provided recommendations to improve the efficiency and quality of multi-center clinical trials. Typically, each participating center submits the study protocol to its institutional review board (IRB). Thus in a multi-center trial, the same protocol is submitted to as many IRBs as there are sites. The process of multiple reviews Read More >
Prosensa’s IPO and the Value of the BIO Investor Forum
Prosensa (NASDAQ: RNA) is a Dutch biotechnology company engaged in the discovery and development of RNA-modulating therapeutics for the treatment of genetic disorders. Our primary focus is on rare neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders with a large unmet medical need, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy and Huntington’s disease. We completed an IPO onto NASDAQ in June of this year. Prior to last year’s BIO Investor Forum in San Francisco, we were still in the very Read More >
NCATS R&D Day Aimed At Linking Investors to Preclinical Drug Development Projects
On behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), I invite BIO stakeholders to join us for our inaugural “Research & Development Day” September 12 in Cambridge, Mass. Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research will host the event at which researchers will showcase therapeutic candidates for indications such as sickle cell disease, hereditary inclusion body myopathy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and cryptococcal meningitis to potential partners. To register and view the agenda, visit https://events-support.com/events/NCATS_RandD_Day. The Read More >
Driving Innovation in Breast Cancer: Startup Challenge
The Avon Foundation (AF), National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI) have partnered to launch a “first of a kind” Business Plan and Start-Up Challenge for Breast Cancer (BC) inventions that have high commercial viability and are important to public health. This challenge will accelerate the commercialization of Federal agency and AF grantee BC inventions, spur economic growth, and provide Universities a platform to further develop their entrepreneurship learning portfolio. Read More >
Involving Patients in the Research Process
According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, as many as 7.5 million Americans live with psoriasis, making it the most common autoimmune disease in the country. More than just a skin condition, psoriasis puts people at increased risk for other serious diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and depression. Up to 30 percent of people with psoriasis develop psoriatic arthritis, an inflammatory joint disease. A complex disease with a genetic component, psoriasis is not contagious. While Read More >
