News tagged with trial phase

Swimming tragedy sparks hi-tech safety drive

The death of a competitor in an open water race has prompted swimming chiefs to introduce high-tech sonar equipment to keep athletes safe at the world championships in Shanghai.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US approves cell therapy injection for wrinkles

US regulators have approved a new type of therapy that uses a person's own skin cells to create an injectable cosmetic plumper to smooth out laugh lines, Fibrocell Science said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dengue vaccine could be ready by 2015: Sanofi

French drugs group Sanofi said Friday that its vaccine against dengue, a mosquito-borne infection that kills thousands of people around the world each year, could be launched in about four years.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First human gets new antibody aimed at hepatitis C virus

Building upon a series of successful preclinical studies, researchers at MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) today announced the beginning of a Phase 1 clinical trial, testing the safety ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Extensive publication bias for Phase I drug trials

A study published in this week's issue of the open-access journal PLoS Medicine suggests that, in comparison to other types of trials, the results of Phase I drug trials are far less likely to be published.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0