A significant number of trial investigators are abandoning the field of clinical research, sometimes after only a single study. When the Clinical Trials Transformative Initiative (CTTI) noted this high investigator turnover, they decided to issue guidance on how to tackle the issue. Established by the FDA and Duke University, CTTI is an organization dedicated to improving the clinical trial industry—the trials themselves, the safety of participants and the obligation to stakeholders. Their focus is on clinical trials performed for regulatory submission.

Partnership aims to accelerate development of new immunotherapy strategies

The Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT) has launched thanks to a partnership between the NIH and 11 biopharmaceutical companies. The goal of the new partnership is to accelerate the development of new cancer immunotherapy strategies for more patients in half the time. The initiative specifically aims to explore the question: Why doesn’t immunotherapy work for all cancers, in all patients, and what can be done about it?

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