Predicting Drug Toxicity: Challenges and Innovations

Failure to reach the desired safety profile is one of the main reasons for delayed drug development. Advancements in preclinical studies have seen the optimisation of in vitro assays to better predict toxicity in drug discovery. Computational methods like in...

4 years ago
Pharmacovigilance,Biomanufacturing,Biology,News

Predicting Drug Toxicity: Challenges and Innovations

Failure to reach the desired safety profile is one of the main reasons for delayed drug development. Advancements in preclinical studies have seen the optimisation of in vitro assays to better predict toxicity in drug discovery. Computational methods like in...

4 years ago

Real World Data and Evidence: Emerging Trends Across Clinical Research

Real-world data (RWD) and real-word evidence (RWE) are increasingly used to support drug development and clinical research across life sciences. RWE studies provide insight into the implementation of therapeutic drugs clinical practice based on RWD of the patient population. RWD...

4 years ago
Bioinformatics,Clinical Operations,Biology,News

Real World Data and Evidence: Emerging Trends Across Clinical Research

Real-world data (RWD) and real-word evidence (RWE) are increasingly used to support drug development and clinical research across life sciences. RWE studies provide insight into the implementation of therapeutic drugs clinical practice based on RWD of the patient population. RWD...

4 years ago

Strategies to Optimise Companion Diagnostics in Cancer

Companion diagnostic tests are an important part of precision medicine in oncology. In addition to matching optimal treatment options for patients, these tests enable clinicians to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic intervention in disease management. Innovations in cancer biopsies and...

4 years ago
Precision and Personalised Medicine,AI & ML,Oncology,Biology,News

Strategies to Optimise Companion Diagnostics in Cancer

Companion diagnostic tests are an important part of precision medicine in oncology. In addition to matching optimal treatment options for patients, these tests enable clinicians to monitor the efficacy of therapeutic intervention in disease management. Innovations in cancer biopsies and...

4 years ago

Phenotypic Screening in Early Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges

Despite the prevalence of target-based discovery, phenotypic screening is emerging as a popular technique in early drug discovery. Challenges with target-based delivery have shown obvious flaws with predictive validity. The latest application of AI in phenotypic drug discovery has shown...

4 years ago
Precision and Personalised Medicine,Biology,News

Phenotypic Screening in Early Drug Discovery: Opportunities and Challenges

Despite the prevalence of target-based discovery, phenotypic screening is emerging as a popular technique in early drug discovery. Challenges with target-based delivery have shown obvious flaws with predictive validity. The latest application of AI in phenotypic drug discovery has shown...

4 years ago

Precision Medicine in Oncology: A Comparative Evaluation of SMDCs and ADCs

Targeted therapy - a treatment targeting proteins responsible for cancer growth - is one of the latest developments in precision oncology. The variable response of cancer treatments highlights the need to develop therapies that can target the specific profile of...

4 years ago
Oncology,Clinical Operations,Biology,News

Precision Medicine in Oncology: A Comparative Evaluation of SMDCs and ADCs

Targeted therapy - a treatment targeting proteins responsible for cancer growth - is one of the latest developments in precision oncology. The variable response of cancer treatments highlights the need to develop therapies that can target the specific profile of...

4 years ago

Disease Models and Target Validation: An Interview with Professor Gavin Woodhall

In a recent interview with Proventa, Professor Gavin Woodhall, research scientist and Head of Neuroscience at Aston University, discussed the challenges of modelling human disease and the impact of alternative models on target validation. Professor Woodhall has an extensive academic...

4 years ago
R&D,Biology,News

Disease Models and Target Validation: An Interview with Professor Gavin Woodhall

In a recent interview with Proventa, Professor Gavin Woodhall, research scientist and Head of Neuroscience at Aston University, discussed the challenges of modelling human disease and the impact of alternative models on target validation. Professor Woodhall has an extensive academic...

4 years ago

An Evaluation of Data Capture and Visualization in Clinical Research

Data capture and visualization are the key components of clinical trial data analysis. However, with the explosion of COVID-19 around the world, data collection became difficult with poor patient recruitment and a reduction in face-to-face clinics. Advancements in telehealth have...

4 years ago
Bioinformatics,Biology,News

An Evaluation of Data Capture and Visualization in Clinical Research

Data capture and visualization are the key components of clinical trial data analysis. However, with the explosion of COVID-19 around the world, data collection became difficult with poor patient recruitment and a reduction in face-to-face clinics. Advancements in telehealth have...

4 years ago

The Clinical Challenges of Rare Disease Research: An Interview with Dr. Evangeline Wassmer

In a recent interview with Dr. Evangeline Wassmer, Paediatric neurology consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Proventa discussed the problems with rare disease clinical research. Dr. Wassmer has extensive experience in paedatric rare diseases -  paediatric Multiple Sclerosis, neurometabolic and neurodegenerative...

4 years ago
Clinical Development,Clinical Operations,Precision and Personalised Medicine,Biology,News

The Clinical Challenges of Rare Disease Research: An Interview with Dr. Evangeline Wassmer

In a recent interview with Dr. Evangeline Wassmer, Paediatric neurology consultant at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Proventa discussed the problems with rare disease clinical research. Dr. Wassmer has extensive experience in paedatric rare diseases -  paediatric Multiple Sclerosis, neurometabolic and neurodegenerative...

4 years ago

Optimising Screening Strategies and Early Detection of Cancer: A Challenge for Pharma and Clinical Industries

Screening methods in oncology are critical to enable doctors to detect cancer in at-risk populations. Early detection of the disease is essential to choose appropriate treatment to increase the chance of survival. The latest research identifies flaws in clinical screening...

4 years ago
Clinical Development,Oncology,Biology,News

Optimising Screening Strategies and Early Detection of Cancer: A Challenge for Pharma and Clinical Industries

Screening methods in oncology are critical to enable doctors to detect cancer in at-risk populations. Early detection of the disease is essential to choose appropriate treatment to increase the chance of survival. The latest research identifies flaws in clinical screening...

4 years ago

Innovations addressing the challenges of oncology clinical research to treat rare and ultra-rare diseases

Rare cancers are notoriously difficult to study and present a critical problem in clinical research. Innovations to clinical trial design and patient recruitment are some of the many changes in the field to optimise the outcome of clinical trials for...

4 years ago
Oncology,R&D,Clinical Development,Precision and Personalised Medicine,Biology,News

Innovations addressing the challenges of oncology clinical research to treat rare and ultra-rare diseases

Rare cancers are notoriously difficult to study and present a critical problem in clinical research. Innovations to clinical trial design and patient recruitment are some of the many changes in the field to optimise the outcome of clinical trials for...

4 years ago