Clinical Trials Coverage

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Thoughtful analysis of market data and customer insights allows local biotech company to stay focused on the needs of patients
Relentless, early and often data collection and insight generation allowed BioCryst to anticipate and strategically leverage information for the good of patients -- a true competitive advantage and foundation for company success.

Calif. company to move HQ, jobs averaging $114,000 in pay to Triangle
Science 37, Inc., a life science company focusing on clinical trials, is moving its headquarters to Morrisville from Culver City, Calif. and bringing along with it some 250 jobs paying an average minimum wage of more than $114,000.

Duke doctor provides update in vaccine trial for young children
Dr. Anthony Moody spoke 1 on 1 with WRAL's Debra Morgan Tuesday to further explain the trail.

It's Clinical Trials Day - here's a look at how far the industry has come in 274 years
Clinical Trials first appeared in 1747, and in the 274 years since then, they have progressed exponentially in terms of technology. Here's a look at the history.

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CliniSpan Health brings diversification to clinical health trials
Chapel Hill-based startup CliniSpan Health is working to increase the presence of minorities in clinical health trials. 

UNC recruiting children for Novavax COVID-19 trial
Novavax is looking for children between the ages of 12 and 17 for its COVID-19 vaccine trial at UNC.

Drug trial aims to help people quit smoking
A Raleigh testing site is part of a clinical trial for a medication called "Cytisinicline," which is currently licensed in eastern Europe but not in the U.S. The medication is tailored to target nicotine receptors in the brain.

Wake study seeks smokers for trial of a medication that targets nicotine addiction
A smoking habit is not only expensive and unhealthy, it can be deadly. Most smokers know quitting could be life-saving if they just could.

New effort partners with 100+ Triangle barbershops for COVID clinical trial
Rise Above COVID, a nationwide movement, partners with nearly 100 Black-owned barbershops and beauty salons in the Raleigh-Durham area to raise awareness and encourage enrollment in a clinical trial called ACTIV-2.

Family asks for 'Easter miracle,' access to ALS drug for mother
Lisa Stockman Mauriello is asking Biogen to allow her to try Tofersen, a drug currently in clinical trials, but the drug maker is denying early use until the trials are complete.

Moderna begins vaccine trial in children
A Duke Health spokeswoman said they are not participating in the Moderna trial, but Duke expects to begin enrolling children between the ages 5 and 11 in a Pfizer vaccine trial by the end of the month.

ECU doc: Vaccine makers progress with care in testing vaccines in kids
A Duke Health spokeswoman said they are not participating in the Moderna trial, but Duke expects to begin enrolling children between the ages 5 and 11 in a Pfizer vaccine trial by the end of the month.

Moderna's initial vaccine results 'more than hoped for,' says UNC expert
Dr. Cindy Gay, who oversees the clinical trial of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate at UNC-Chapel Hill, says she was the high initial efficacy rate shown by the drug "was more than we were hoping for."

Triangle doctors share different experiences from vaccine trial
Drs. Nirmish and Sandy Shah both participated in the clinical trial for Moderna's potential coronavirus vaccine and had different experiences.

'It means some hope that we are going to beat this thing'
A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine - this one from Moderna Inc. - yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase.

2nd virus vaccine shows striking success in US tests
A second experimental COVID-19 vaccine -- this one from Moderna Inc. -- yielded extraordinarily strong early results Monday, another badly needed dose of hope as the pandemic enters a terrible new phase.

Duke infectious disease expert part of Pfizer vaccine trial
An infectious disease specialist at Duke University Hospital is one of the 44,000 people enrolled in Pfizer's clinical trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine.

Some coronavirus vaccine trials paused, but those in NC still expanding
Thousands of North Carolina residents have stepped up to help test the safety and effectiveness of potential coronavirus vaccines, but the trials need even more participants.

Coronavirus vaccine trials in NC showing promise so far
Thousands of North Carolina residents have stepped up to help test the safety and effectiveness of potential coronavirus vaccines, but the trials need even more participants.