PHILADELPHIA – Capturing the attention of potential investors in 30 seconds or less poses a challenge for even the most sophisticated wordsmiths when attempting to describe complicated technologies and commercial potential.
BOSTON – Shorter timelines to market and larger patient pools serve as major incentives for companies to bring clinical development work to China and India, although regulatory and cultural differences remain a hurdle. In its 24th year, the Partnerships in Clinical Trials conference started Wednesday.
BOSTON – Conducting clinical trials is a tricky business, especially when making data transparent for researchers while still protecting intellectual property, and when offering potential life-saving but not fully understood or reimbursed therapies to dying patients on a compassionate basis.
BOSTON – Gone are the days of expensive diagnostics and lengthy clinical trials, as interest and enthusiasm over digital medicine and personalized medicine are shifting the attitudes and expectations of drug developers and insurance companies, as well as consumers themselves.
BOSTON – Shorter timelines to market and larger patient pools serve as major incentives for companies to bring clinical development work to China and India, although regulatory and cultural differences remain a hurdle.
SAN FRANCISCO – Since the April 2012 passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act, the rate of new biotech initial public offerings (IPOs) has nearly tripled, with 115 since enactment, and about 65 this year.
SAN FRANCISCO – The 2012 European approval of Uniqure BV's Glybera has sparked a renewal of interest in gene therapy, a field that was marred by a serious setback in 1999 that proved fatal for a patient.
SAN FRANCISCO – Displaying two radiographs side by side on a screen, Kite Pharma Inc.'s chief medical officer, David Chang, illustrated the profound potential of T-cell therapies in treating advanced cancers.
SAN FRANCISCO – Attendees of the 13th BIO Investor Forum held at the Palace Hotel here crowded into the Twin Peaks meeting room to eat their boxed lunches on Tuesday as they listened to one company's accelerated response to the Ebola virus outbreak.
