June 9th 2025
As stakeholders debate fair market value in clinical trial budgeting, a new task force works to align sponsors, CROs, and sites on transparency, sustainability, and efficiency.
How Trump’s Most Favored Nation Policy Could Impact Funding for Clinical Development
June 4th 2025In this video interview, Jim Kremidas, executive director, Association for MultiSite Research Corporations (AMRC), discusses the administration’s policy and how it could force pharma companies to reduce funding for clinical R&D.
Interim results from the global MATTERHORN study mark the first time an immunotherapy has demonstrated statistically significant event-free survival in a Phase III trial for resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers, signaling a potential shift in standard perioperative care.
Phase III data presented at ASCO 2025 and published in The New England Journal of Medicine show that Pfizer’s Braftovi (encorafenib), combined with Erbitux (cetuximab) and mFOLFOX6, significantly improves overall survival and progression-free survival in treatment-naïve patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer—potentially establishing a new first-line standard-of-care for this high-risk population.
America’s Vanishing Scientific Research Workforce is a Threat to Public Health
As biotech innovation accelerates, the clinical research workforce is rapidly eroding—threatening the future of drug development. From workforce burnout to training program cuts and talent pipeline collapse, clinical trial professionals must confront this escalating crisis head-on to sustain progress and protect public health.