The weight-loss revolution that began with Ozempic and Wegovy is entering a more crowded and competitive phase, and the field of late-stage obesity drugs has become the most closely watched area in pharmaceutical research. Two recent milestones show how fast the...
The Menarini Group and Karyopharm Therapeutics report that selinexor plus ruxolitinib improves spleen response over standard monotherapy in the Phase 3 SENTRY trial in myelofibrosis, Agios Pharmaceuticals reinforces the anti-hemolytic profile of mitapivat with new...
Sanofi has halted a late-stage trial of its experimental complement inhibitor riliprubart in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), a setback that analysts say could create volatility across the wider complement inhibitor field. The company said in...
Survodutide delivers dual Phase 3 success in obesity and metabolic liver disease at ADA 2026, secukinumab becomes the first targeted biologic to demonstrate sustained remission in polymyalgia rheumatica, dapirolizumab pegol meets its Phase 3 primary endpoint in...
For decades, the landscape of clinical research was dominated by fixed, traditional trial designs. In these legacy studies, the primary objective was often maintaining a strict, unchanging protocol from inception to conclusion. But the landscape of modern medicine has...
The summer months at the United States Food and Drug Administration are typically among the busiest on the regulatory calendar, and 2026 is proving no exception. With a succession of high-profile FDA drug approval decisions concentrated in June and July 2026, the...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) represents a significant medical concern for all of us as we grow older, as the NIH has published that the average risk of dementia over 55 years old is now 42%. AD is presently affecting 6.9 million Americans aged 65 or older and is expected...
Cytokinetics’ aficamten meets dual primary endpoints in the pivotal Phase 3 ACACIA-HCM trial for non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Axsome Therapeutics secures FDA approval of AUVELITY as the first non-antipsychotic treatment for Alzheimer’s disease...
Children have long been described as therapeutic orphans. It is a term first used by the American paediatrician Harry Shirkey of the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, at a 1963 conference and formally published in 1968. Despite more than five decades of...
For decades, clinical trials have failed to adequately represent the patients who will ultimately use the medicines and treatments being tested. Gaps in enrolment across race, ethnicity, sex, age, and socioeconomic background have created an incomplete evidence base,...
Etavopivat delivers Phase 3 success in sickle cell disease, satralizumab becomes the first positive Phase 3 result in MOGAD, AstraZeneca completes its triple-positive COPD biologic programme, and a busy week for paediatric medicine brings new approvals and data in...
Speech is rapidly emerging as an important, non-invasive, digital clinical marker in neurodegenerative disease research, according to leading biotech SynaptixBio. The company has facilitated a study run by Australia-based speech analytics company Redenlab, in...
Most Supplement Companies Skip the RCT. Here’s Why the Few That Don’t Often Get It Wrong The industry’s uncomfortable truth The global dietary supplement market is worth hundreds of billions of dollars.[1] Brands make claims about energy, cognition, immunity, and...
Neurona Therapeutics' rezanecel demonstrates durable seizure reduction past the one-year mark in drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy at the AAN Annual Meeting, Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences' TIGIT inhibitor domvanalimab fails its pivotal Phase 3 lung...
Panthera Biopartners Expands European Footprint with Acquisition of Hungary’s Leading Clinical Research Organisation, OEC Strategic acquisition marks the first step in Panthera’s European expansion, strengthening its global competitiveness Panthera Biopartners...
Revolution Medicines' daraxonrasib nearly doubles overall survival in previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer in the Phase 3 RASolute 302 trial, Travere Therapeutics' Filspari receives FDA approval as the first-ever treatment for focal segmental...
The daraxonrasib pancreatic cancer trial results announced on 13 April 2026 represent what many in the oncology community are calling a landmark moment for one of medicine's most stubborn and lethal diseases. Revolution Medicines, a late-stage clinical oncology...
It’s ironic that the rigid nature of clinical research depends on a largely fragile variable: people. Even the most promising therapy cannot succeed in development if the study evaluating it struggles to keep participants engaged. Recruiting patients is already a...