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World's First Engineered Human Heart Muscle Could Help Produce New Therapies

Anonymous, (May 7, 2013)

A three-dimensional ‘heart patch’ is the world’s first synthetically grown human heart muscle, an accurate estimate of traditional human heart tissue that can help test multiple new therapies for affected patients.
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EMA Finalises Access to Clinical Trials Advice

Lucy Brake, (May 7, 2013)

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has just released its final advice resulting from the clinical trial advisory groups set up last year. The next step will be the drafting of a policy on proactive access to clinical-trial data ready for consultation mid-2013.
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Pharma Must Include Patient Voices in Clinical Research

Ben Steele, (May 3, 2013)

Mark A. Yarborough, PhD, of the Bioethics Program, University of California Davis, has called for patients to see participating in clinical trials as a "civic" duty, proposing “coordinated campaigns to cultivate civic attitudes” about trials.
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European Commission Announces New €150m Brain Research Fund

Ben Steele, (May 2, 2013)

The European Commission (EC) has announced the creation of a new €150m fund for brain research, to mark the start of its ‘European Month of the Brain’ initiative. This amount brings total EU investment in brain research since 2007 to over €1.9 billion.
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European Court Rules Against Release of Clinical Trial Data

Zuzanna Fimińska, (May 1, 2013)

The General Court of the European Union ordered the EMA yesterday (April 30), not to release data based on requests filed under the Freedom of Information Act, at least not until the final ruling.
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10 Clinical Trials in Three Years, Yet Lung Cancer Accounts for 15% of all New Diagnoses

Anonymous, (May 1, 2013)

An analysis of oncology clinical research data uncovers the worrying disparity between incidence and mortality of cancer, and the volume of research conducted in these key areas.
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New Zealand Launches New Clinical Trials Portal

Zuzanna Fimińska, (Apr 24, 2013)

The New Zealand Innovation Hub has launched a clinical trials portal, a partnership between four of the country's largest District Health Boards, which will inform researchers, clinicians, the industry and the public about on-going clinical trial activity in New Zealand.
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There May Be Trouble Ahead For Biotechs

Louise Kelly, (Apr 23, 2013)

New survey research from Ernst & Young reveals most biotech SMEs are having difficulties demonstrating the value of products under development.
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GSK Under Investigation Over 'Pay For Delay' Deals

Zuzanna Fimińska, (Apr 23, 2013)

The UK's Office of Fair Trading will investigate GlaxoSmithKline over what the commission suspects were a "pay for delay" deals that allegedly took place in 2001 and 2004.
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GSK $495 Million Deal To Spearhead Drug Discovery Start-Ups

Lucy Brake, (Apr 23, 2013)

In a deal worth just under $500 million, GlaxoSmithKline has confirmed they will partner with venture capitalists to kick start up to 10 drug-discovery firms.

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