National Institutes of Health

NIH finalizes changes in conflict of interest rules

Wednesday, August 24, 2011 02:12 PM

The National Institutes of Health has finalized rules to reduce financial conflicts of interests among federally funded researchers who also receive payments or stock from drug and medical device companies, according to a report by the Washington Post.

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Covance collaborates with Broad Institute, expands drug metabolism services

Thursday, August 4, 2011 11:54 AM

Covance said that its Seattle-based genomics laboratory will collaborate with the Broad Institute to create genomic resources for an important research model. Covance’s Next-Generation sequencing capabilities will be used to profile microRNA expression in various tissue samples from this model.

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Government proposes rule changes on human research

Monday, July 25, 2011 01:58 PM

The government is proposing changes in the rules covering research involving human subjects, an effort officials say would strengthen protections while reducing red tape that can impede studies, according to The New York Times.

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Gilead to allow generic AIDS drugs through Medicines Patent Pool

Wednesday, July 13, 2011 10:46 AM

Gilead Sciences will allow some of its AIDS drugs to be made by generic manufacturers, potentially increasing their availability in poor countries, particularly in Africa, according to the Associated Press.

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Hutchinson Center to lead $20 million HIV research grant

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:25 PM

Whether a stem cell transplant using an HIV-infected person’s own genetically modified immune cells can become a cure for the disease is the focus of a new $20 million, five-year research grant award announced by the National Institutes of Health to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

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New $1b NIH center will tackle early-stage drug development to ease industry risk of failure

Monday, February 7, 2011 07:00 AM

A billion-dollar U.S. government drug development center, which will focus on moving potential new discoveries out of the lab and into early-phase trials, could help biopharmaceutical companies improve their success rate in developing new treatments by reducing the risk of failure in early-stage research.

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Grants awarded to research benefits of adaptive clinical trial design, identify barriers

Monday, November 8, 2010 11:16 AM

Researchers at the University of Michigan have received a $1.5 million grant to demonstrate how adaptive clinical trial design can improve the speed, efficiency and safety of clinical research. As part of the three-year project, the researchers also will identify barriers to widespread adoption of these innovative trial designs in academic research.

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