Year in review: EPR’s top stories of 2023
EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
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EPR wraps up the year with a selection of top stories from 2023, highlighting key trends and topics such as environmental monitoring (EM), quality (QA/QC), manufacturing, regulation and clinical development.
Results from a Phase II clinical trial indicate that psilocybin-assisted therapy could benefit individuals with cancer and major depression.
AbbVie plans to acquire neuroscience specialist Cerevel Therapeutics for $45 per share, or around $8.7 billion.
The first antidepressant with a novel mechanism of action that selectively targets the serotonin 1A receptor has been approved for major depressive disorder (MDD) by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
A Phase Ib study evaluating selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) interaction with SPL026, native N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in major depressive disorder (MDD) has revealed positive data.
The first approved oral treatment that provides rapid symptomatic improvement in postpartum depression (PPD) is expected to be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Significant results from a Phase II study in major depressive disorder (MDD) for a novel kappa opioid receptor (KOR) antagonist has prompted initiation of a Phase III programme.
A first-of-its-kind trial testing a novel psilocin-based drug for major depressive disorder has been approved by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
SPRAVATO® achieved significant long-term response rates in treatment-resistant depression, compared to quetiapine extended release, Janssen’s Phase IIIb study has shown.
One of the largest studies for a short-acting psychedelic showed a remission rate of 57 percent for major depressive disorder after a single dose of DMT.
Canadian and US developers of psychedelic medicines for complex mental health conditions have signed with a UK-based CMO to trial their drugs in London.
SPRAVATO® nasal spray helped treatment-resistant depression patients remain remission and relapse free in a Phase III trial.
Phase III data shows most major depressive disorder patients treated with zuranolone had minimal or mild depressive symptoms after a year.
Here, Lucinda Cash-Gibson and Francesco Patalano discuss why the pharmaceutical industry is collaborating to develop protocols for patient-centric integrated platform trials and what the clinical research industry may look like in future.
Janssen have applied to the EMA to extend the use of esketamine to a short-term treatment for the rapid reduction of depressive symptoms in adults with MDD who are suicidal with the intent.