At the BIO meeting in Atlanta (May 18-21), the Chairman of Datapharm Australia Pty Ltd, Dr Helen Allars, signed an agreement with Mark Richardson, Managing Director of Phoenix Eagle Company Pty Ltd, based in Western Australia, to conduct the first randomized clinical trial of its OPAL A papaya product in healing venous and pressure ulcers. The randomized study will be conducted in Melbourne with a key opinion leader in the field of wound healing, Associate Professor Michael Woodward, as Principal Investigator. Datapharm’s medical director, Dr Lynette Tozer, has recently commenced writing up the case histories of the use of the papaya product in the treatment of chronic pressure ulcers in quadriplegic patients at an Australian hospital. Her initial observations indicate that this natural product has the potential to become a significant wound healing medicine.
Unifying Industry to Better Understand GCP Guidance
May 7th 2025In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, David Nickerson, head of clinical quality management at EMD Serono; and Arlene Lee, director of product management, data quality & risk management solutions at Medidata, discuss the newest ICH E6(R3) GCP guidelines as well as how TransCelerate and ACRO have partnered to help stakeholders better acclimate to these guidelines.
CAHtalyst Trial Shows Crenessity Sustains Efficacy in Classic Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
July 14th 2025Results from the Phase III CAHtalyst show that patients treated with Crenessity for classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia achieved and maintained lower, more physiologic glucocorticoid doses while keeping key adrenal biomarkers at or below baseline levels.
Baxdrostat Shows Significant Blood Pressure Reduction in Phase III BaxHTN Trial
July 14th 2025In the BaxHTN Phase III study, AstraZeneca’s baxdrostat demonstrated statistically significant and clinically meaningful reductions in systolic blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled or treatment-resistant hypertension.