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In today’s ACT Brief, we examine how artificial intelligence is helping uncover site leaders in underserved regions to strengthen trial diversity—and explore new research suggesting Ozempic may reduce biological age by more than three years.

Addressing the imbalance in clinical trial workloads by empowering mid-level investigators and using AI to expand access to high-quality, diverse research leadership.

Explore how Dash Solutions is transforming clinical trial payments through its dashClinical platform, improving site efficiency, participant engagement, and overall trial management in this conversation with Katie Anne Oden, VP, sales, at the 2025 SCRS Global Site Solutions Summit.

Examining how artificial intelligence can help identify true key opinion leaders in emerging markets to improve site influence, patient engagement, and trial success.

In today’s ACT Brief, we spotlight expanding AI collaborations transforming life sciences, the role of patient-centric technology in improving global trial diversity, and the FDA’s approval of Bayer’s Lynkuet—the first dual neurokinin antagonist for menopausal hot flashes.

Highlighting how technology and mindset shifts can help expand breast cancer research leadership beyond high-income countries and build more inclusive global trial networks.

Medidata deepens its collaboration with Sanofi to advance AI-enabled clinical development, while BioRender joins forces with Anthropic to power visual communication within Claude for Life Sciences.

Today’s ACT Brief explores how eConsent is modernizing participant engagement, highlights new data on global representation in breast cancer trials, and examines Moderna’s decision to halt its Phase III mRNA-1647 program after missing key endpoints.

Examining how shifting leadership patterns in breast cancer research signal growing international participation—and the continued need for broader equity in global trials.

In today’s ACT Brief, we revisit key insights from SCOPE Summit 2025 on AI and pragmatic trials, examine Genentech’s Phase III vamikibart data in uveitic macular edema, and highlight MJH Life Sciences’ acquisition of BPD Healthcare—expanding the bridge from discovery to delivery.

At AAO 2025, Genentech reported that vamikibart, a first-in-class IL-6–targeted antibody, led to rapid improvements in visual acuity and macular thickness in patients with uveitic macular edema, supporting its potential as a non-steroid treatment option.

Revisit top insights from SCOPE Summit 2025, where industry leaders explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping trial risk management and how pragmatic study designs are bridging the gap between clinical research and real-world care.

Today’s ACT Brief highlights how artificial intelligence is transforming trial data management, why biotechs are embracing parallel execution to accelerate development, and new Phase III results showing Imfinzi’s potential to redefine early-stage bladder cancer treatment.

How a unified approach to clinical data management, powered by artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, can elevate clinical trial monitoring and redefine how teams assess, act on and learn from data.

At ESMO 2025, AstraZeneca reported that Imfinzi plus BCG therapy reduced the risk of recurrence or death by 32% in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, marking a potential new standard in early-stage disease.

Learn how early regulatory engagement, validated digital systems, and robust protocol design enable biotechs to run parallel studies without compromising compliance or data integrity.

At ESMO 2025, Eli Lilly’s Verzenio and Novartis’ Kisqali both demonstrated durable efficacy in hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative early breast cancer, with improvements in overall and invasive disease-free survival.

In this week’s Applied Clinical Trials Brief, we highlight key findings from the 2025 State of the Industry Survey, explore how AI is transforming trial efficiency and patient engagement, and examine strategies to safeguard global research operations against rising tariff risks.

See how integrated teams, data visualization, and full-service coordination between clinical, regulatory, and commercial functions can accelerate decision-making and development speed.

New results from the Phase III MATTERHORN trial show AstraZeneca’s Imfinzi combination reduced the risk of death by 22% versus chemotherapy alone, marking a major advance for patients with resectable gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers.

See how early patient inclusion, integrated regulatory planning, and seamless CRO partnerships can help biotechs accelerate progression from Phase I to Phase II.

Advancing toward more meaningful use of PRO data by making it systematic, transparent, and built into trial design.

Praxis Precision Medicines’ Essential3 program met all primary and key secondary endpoints, with ulixacaltamide showing significant improvements in tremor control and daily functioning in patients with essential tremor.

As pharma wrestles with whether to trust fully autonomous AI, semi-autonomous agents are emerging as a safer middle ground that reduces manual work, eliminates white space in clinical development, and accelerates trial timelines without compromising patient safety.

The quest to turn patient retention from a chronic challenge into a competitive strength—and one that benefits all stakeholders.

Understand how intelligent study design, focused data collection, and faster analytics can help clinical teams deliver meaningful results that sustain investor momentum.

Eli Lilly’s oral GLP-1 therapy, orforglipron, met all primary and key secondary endpoints in the Phase III ACHIEVE-2 and ACHIEVE-5 studies, showing significant A1C reduction, weight loss, and cardiovascular benefits compared to both dapagliflozin and placebo.

With global supply chains inherently vulnerable to trade policy shifts, the consequences for clinical research can be significant without proactive planning. The eight core elements of a tariff contingency plan are outlined.