GLG Topic: Clinical Research
Clinical Research is the study of experimental therapies in human volunteers. Also referred to as clinical trials, clinical research is often funded by the NIH and/or pharmaceutical companies and regulated by the Food and Drug Administration within the United States. The purpose of clinical research is to study the safety and efficacy of therapies against a control such as a placebo or an existing, approved therapy.
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Director, Translational and Clinical Research
MOFFITT CANCER CENTER
Alan List, MD, is a Medical Oncologist and Director of the Division of Translational and Clinical Research and head of the Hematologic Malignancies Program at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. Dr. List is an expert in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Previously,...
Assistant Professor of Medicine
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
Charles Ryan, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the University of California San Francisco. His clinical research interests in prostate cancer include hormonal therapies, drug development strategies utilizing targeted therapies as well as angiogenesis...
Director of Clinical Research - Dermatology
ST LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER
Jeffrey Weinberg, MD, is the Director of the Clinical Research Center in the Department of Dermatology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center and Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. He is also an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Dermatology Department at Columbia University College of Physicians...
Daniel Wynn, MDDirector, Clinical Research
Consultants In Neurology Ltd.
Daniel Wynn, MD, FACN, FAASM, is a Director of Clinical Research at Consultants in Neurology in Chicago, Illinois. He has expertise in a wide variety of neurological illnesses and has served as a principal investigator in over 100 clinical trials in multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, chronic...
Professor of International Health
Boston University
Donald Thea, MD, is a Professor of International Health at Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts. He has also been the Director of the Clinical Research Unit. This unit oversees a portfolio of international clinical research in the areas of infectious diseases, tropical medicine,...
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Copaxone has become the leading treatment for relapsing remitting MS in the US. The results of the PRECISE trial will likely add to TEVA's sales momentum and boost sales further.
This is a promising shift of money into licensing a drug may be a helpful tool to abate the symptoms. Patient education is an essential component in the treatment of this disease. In a clinical research study in 1999, the use of acupuncture, herbal medicine and patient education were the best...
Wyeth is undergoing what all Big Pharma companies need to do and that is a business transformation from the blockbuster model to another model such as specialty or biopharma models due to the lack of productivity in their pipelines. Wyeth is eliminating headcount in areas that will not position...
The development and approval of ROTARIX rotavirus vaccine may prove to be one of the best vaccine programs of the early 21st century. GlaxoSmithKline / AVANT Immunotherapeutics extensive research and clinical trials should be very helpful in getting the use of ROTARIX on a fast tract to providing...
The U.S. Department of Transportation and the General Accountability Office are conducting research on behalf of the FAA. By its own admission, the data the GAO uses - the same data given to the DOT - by the FAA is unreliable. Any and all conclusions from any agency using FAA data are highly suspec...
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