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March 06, 2014 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Drug Developers Circumspect About Using Social Media in Clinical Research, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Mar 6, 2014) - Social media is gaining ground as an important tool to improve the clinical research process through more effective engagement of patient communities, but...
January 23, 2014 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

New Breakthrough Therapy Designation Has Potential to Shorten Development Time Considerably, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Jan 23, 2014) - The recently launched Breakthrough Therapy Designation (BTD) program in the United States, aimed at expediting development and review of drugs intended to...
January 16, 2014 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Drug Developers Are Implementing New Strategies for Use of Comparator Drugs in Clinical Trials, According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Jan 16, 2014) - Drug developers are aggressively implementing new strategies to improve their access to and use of comparator drugs, which are used in clinical trials to...
January 07, 2014 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Drug Company Success Depends on New Development Paradigms, According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Jan 7, 2014) - While many drug developers continue to improve clinical trial operational efficiency to increase the pace of new product introductions, their medium- and...
November 14, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Biotech Products in Big Pharma Clinical Pipelines Have Grown Dramatically According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Nov 14, 2013) - The pharmaceutical industry, especially Big Pharma, has dramatically shifted its R&D focus from its historical concentration on small molecule drugs...
October 08, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Drug Sponsors and Their External Service Partners Say Adjusting Relationship Models Offers a Path to Greater Performance and Efficiency, According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Oct 8, 2013) - While drug sponsor use of strategic relationships with contract service providers has increased dramatically during the past five years, improvements in...
September 10, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Clinical Study Failures Vary Widely by Phase of Study and Therapeutic Class, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Sep 10, 2013) - While lack of commercial viability is the leading cause of Phase I failures for new drug candidates, efficacy issues dominate as the reason for Phase II...
August 13, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Drug Industry Leaders See Collaboration as Key to Greater Productivity, According to Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Aug 13, 2013) - Responding to a widely shared need to improve the probability of R&D success, leaders from the research-based drug industry, recently convened by...
July 11, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Number of Annual New Drug Approvals to Treat Neglected Diseases Has Nearly Doubled Between the Early-2000s and 2009-12, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Jul 11, 2013) - The annual number of new drug approvals worldwide to treat neglected diseases has nearly doubled in recent years, with HIV/AIDS and malaria drugs...
May 07, 2013 09:00 ET | Source: Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

Clinical Success Rates for New Cancer Drugs Doubled From the Mid-1990s to Early-2000s, According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - May 7, 2013) - Clinical success rates for new cancer drugs doubled between the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, while the number of new cancer drugs entering clinical...