People and Business News — 4/21

Once-weekly cagrilintide–semaglutide combination therapy produced unprecedented weight reductions in adults with overweight or obesity, with 60% achieving ≥20% loss and strong cardiometabolic benefits, according to Phase IIIa trial results published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

In 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.

The global Phase III PROMINENT trial has begun dosing patients to evaluate felzartamab in treating primary membranous nephropathy, a serious autoimmune kidney disorder with no FDA-approved therapies.

Updated results from the Phase II RedirecTT-1 trial show that the dual bispecific antibody regimen of Talvey and Tecvayli delivers deep, lasting responses in patients with triple-class exposed relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma and true extramedullary disease.

In this video interview, Kyle McAllister, co-founder, CEO, Trially, discusses how recent federal funding cuts are likely to undermine research focused on underrepresented populations, and why long-term investment in community-based studies is essential to closing persistent health equity gaps.