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A New Initiative To Assess Clinical Trials Carbon Footprint

The Clinical Trials Environmental Impact Community of Interest (CoI), a cooperative effort that aims to determine the carbon footprint of centralised and decentralised clinical trials, has been launched by The Pistoia Alliance, a non-profit organisation that promotes R&D collaboration...

Seven Pharma CEOs Team Together To Accomplish Emission Aims

Seven CEOs of pharmaceutical companies, including GSK, AstraZeneca, Merck, Roche, Novo Nordisk, Samsung Biologics, and Sanofi, have launched a collaborative effort to meet short-term emission reduction goals and hasten the implementation of net zero health systems. The Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Health...

Next ASH To Focus Bispecific Cancer Drugs And Gene Therapy

The 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, a prestigious venue for some of their field's most significant research, will be held in New Orleans in December, and blood disease specialists and medical professionals will fly there. With...

Blood Cells Generated In Lab Transfused Into First Patients

In the first clinical trial of its sort, lab-grown blood cells were administered to a second patient, potentially paving the way for future therapies for blood disorders like sickle cell. At the NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Advanced Therapies Unit...

First Simulated Drug Study Examines 2 Alzheimer Treatments

The effectiveness of aducanumab and donanemab in treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) was successfully simulated using a novel computer model, demonstrating how a steady rise in dosage until reaching the maximum dose helps to minimize cognitive loss and limit adverse...

Cancer Clinical Trials Begin On New Platform In Melbourne

By comparing tumour samples taken before and after treatment, a new clinical trial platform called Brain-POP (brain perioperative) will allow doctors to precisely see how a new medication therapy affects a patient's brain cancer. The project, which the Brain Cancer...

Epilepsy Patients To Receive Brain Laser Therapy From NHS

The NHS has made public its intentions to provide an avant-garde laser therapy for patients with epilepsy who have not previously responded well to existing treatments, known as laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT). Up to 150 NHS patients might possibly...

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