Spain launched 44 clinical trials for cardiovascular diseases in 2020

Pharmacological treatments, together with heart-healthy lifestyles, are the factors that contribute the most to improving the control of these pathologies The pharmaceutical industry has 600 investigational drugs in the world in this area alone For every euro invested in antihypertensive drugs, 1.9 euros are saved in direct healthcare costs This Sunday is the European Day […]

Promoting the use of biomarkers improves cancer diagnosis and treatment

A new study evaluates the availability, quality and reimbursement of these tests in the European Union It proposes short and long-term measures to move towards precision medicine that improves, even changes, the prognosis of the disease for many cancer patients Source: www.farmaindustria.es Personalized medicine is here to stay and no one doubts that the future […]

20% of clinical trials in Spain are already focused on rare diseases

The European Regulation on Orphan Medicines of the year 2000 has been the key in this research launch A quarter of the annual approvals of new drugs are already for rare diseases, but the challenge remains enormous: 95% of these diseases still have no treatment This Sunday, February 28, is celebrated the World Day of […]

Clinical trials: this is how drugs and vaccines are designed

Medications and vaccines don’t come out of nowhere. They are not done in a rush and they are not due to commercial gimmicks. They are the result of years of research, analysis and checks that are carried out to assess the effect of these compounds on people’s health and the benefit obtained from them. So […]

Cancer: the fight is not stopped by the covid; 4 out of 10 investigational drugs are antitumor

Source: https: www.diariofarma.com Cancer continues to be one of the main fronts of the fight for drug research. On the occasion of tomorrow’s World Cancer Day celebration, the pharmaceutical industry highlights that research and new treatments promise to improve survival rates despite the steady increase in cases. New drugs play a key role in survival […]

CARTs effective for solid tumors, not just blood cancers

An American study indicates that these cells can fight breast, colon and lung cancer Source: www.redaccionmedica.com A new study, led by researchers at UT Southwestern (UTSW) in Texas, United States, suggests that deleting a gene in immune cells used as therapy for blood cancers, known as CART cells, could make that these were also effective […]

Why might the development of a new drug take more than 10 years?

Source: www.lne.es New drugs are responsible for 73% of the prolongation of life expectancy in developed countries and have managed to solve more and more diseases. But this therapeutic instrument contains a complex, expensive and long development process, from the beginning of its research until, finally, it reaches the patient. Did you know that the […]

The pharmaceutical industry once again sets a record for investment in R&D in Spain

Source: www.lavozdegalicia.es The sector has registered an investment in research and development of 1,211 million euros in 2019, 5.2% more than the previous year In these months of health crisis, pharmaceutical companies are being essential to maintain the supply of medicines, as well as to investigate treatments and vaccines that are effective against covid-19. For […]

The Royal Decree that regulates observational studies with medicines for human use approved

Source: www.noticias.juridicas.com Royal Decree 957/2020, of November 3, establishes the conditions that must be met to proceed with the evaluation, performance and monitoring of observational studies with medicinal products for human use carried out in Spain. The standard considers these observational studies with medicines for human use as an essential instrument to obtain data on […]

Eight drug projects of small Spanish companies attract the interest of pharmaceutical companies

New meeting of the Farma-Biotech program, which brings start-ups and research groups into contact with national and international pharmaceutical companies to promote preclinical research and facilitate development Source: www.consalud.es Up to eight new research projects led by small companies and by Spanish public research centers may be promoted thanks to the collaboration with pharmaceutical companies. […]