Designing clinical trials in psychiatry is challenging compared to a regular clinical trial. Clinicians and instructors have to handle participants who are mentally ill. They have to assume numerous factors before the clinical trial, where the main issue is taking informed consent, populations, measuring end-points, etc. There are many ethical laws and criteria for designing […]
Read More →The number of clinical trials in rare diseases is growing drastically from the last ten years to more than 500 compared to a few hundred clinical trials. Currently, more than 400 orphan designated drugs are commercially available, and around 1000 drugs are undergoing clinical trials. But still, the clinical trials in rare diseases present many […]
Read More →Many people with rare diseases struggle to find the right diagnosis and right treatment for years. The lack of awareness about these conditions makes it much harder for them to get the right treatment. Rare Disease Day is all about raising awareness for rare diseases. And, this year, you can join these efforts too. The […]
Read More →In recent years, there is a huge leap in the pharma industry towards rare disease research and orphan drug developments due to the great support from regulatory authorities such as faster approval timelines, supportive regulatory frameworks, financial incentives, and many more. Currently, large pharmaceutical companies like Novartis, GSK, Roche, and Pfizer are extremely active in […]
Read More →Regulatory agencies in various countries are providing benefits & regulatory incentives for orphan drugs such as faster approvals, fee concessions, and financial benefits, and many more. These incentives are to support and encourage pharma companies to work on developing orphan drugs or medical devices for rare diseases. The countries that provide regulatory incentives include the […]
Read More →Many regulatory agencies across the world are offering incentives for the development of orphan drugs for rare diseases. These incentives include financial benefits, faster approvals, less stringent clinical data requirements, and many more. The countries that are offering the regulatory incentives for orphan drugs include the US, Europe, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, and most […]
Read More →Patient recruitment in rare disease clinical trials presents several difficulties. These challenges include limited eligible patients, dispersed geographic distribution, low disease awareness, site and investigator identification difficulties, and ethical considerations. They hinder participant enrollment and cause trial completion delays. Over the past few years, the rate of drug development in rare diseases has been increasing. […]
Read More →The development of drugs in rare diseases provides great opportunities to pharma companies along with challenges that are required to overcome during drug discovery, pre-clinical, and clinical stages of drug development. Commercially rare diseases drug development differs from traditional diseases, as there are considerably few patients to take the drug, therefore pharmaceutical companies should consider […]
Read More →A country with a large pool of patients, highly skilled Investigators, and supportive regulations to promote clinical research is a desired destination for any organization for clinical trials. India has a lot more to offer besides these advantages, enabling you to enjoy the timely completion of clinical trials and cost benefits. (India offers a 35 […]
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