While cardiovascular outcome trials are critical to demonstrating clinical value, they can also be complex and costly. Among the most challenging aspects are the people involved, from patients to investigators and commit...
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Promised land
As global pressures reshape the pharmaceutical and biotech landscape, sponsors are re-evaluating their outsourcing strategies. ICON’s recent survey of industry stakeholders highlights a clear trend toward fit-for-purpose solutions.
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Collaborative R&D: Partnerships shaping the future of biopharma
Biotechs and pharma companies face rising costs of drug development, depleting R&D pipelines and diminishing returns on investment. By joining forces and exploring collaborative R&D partnerships it is possible to overcome these challenges. In addition to sharing risks, they share the potential rewards when their assets move further into clinical development or come to the market.
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What sets oncology biosimilars apart: Anticipating key challenges in the development landscape
Advancements in biologic therapies have greatly improved our ability to treat cancer over the last few decades — but are typically very costly. With patent expirations encompassing numerous notable oncology biologics, opportunities for oncology biosimilar development are abundant.
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Early-phase study design considerations for long-term follow-up in vaccine clinical trials
ICON experts discuss why strategic early planning is key to long-term follow-up in vaccine trials—driving stronger protocols, regulatory alignment, and meaningful outcomes.
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What’s evaluated in a stability study?
This article discusses the importance of stability programs in early clinical drug product development.
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Embracing proactive multi-indication development for metabolic therapies
In this article, ICON expert , Alan Baldridge discusses how multi-indication development strategies are gaining traction, driven by successful trials across diverse diseases and the expansion of type 2 diabetes drugs into obesity and cardiovascular indications.
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Mind the gap: The need for gender-specific outcome measurement
Women experience significantly more years of poor health than men due to delayed diagnoses and mischaracterized symptoms, despite living longer on average. This health disparity is rooted in systemic gaps in medical research and clinical trial design, particularly in how health outcomes are measured through Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs).
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Navigating global regulatory expectations for AI-enabled devices
Despite the increasing use of AI in medical devices and software as medical devices (SaMD), global regulatory authorities are playing catch up to develop appropriate submission channels.
Read the article in Med-Tech Insights.
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Strategic Commercialisation of Multi-Indication Obesity Therapies: Balancing Early Access, Pricing, and Lifecycle Value
A 2025 survey of over 150 drug developers reveals that multi-indication development strategies have become central to the evolving cardiometabolic drug pipeline.
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Survey of Obesity Developers Suggests Multi-Indication Approaches are Vital but Demanding
Following the rapid label expansion of drugs such as semaglutide and tirzepatide in recent years, drug developers have broadly adopted multi-indication strategies for obesity and related comorbidities. An ICON survey of 155 developers focused on these therapeutic areas reflects this growing trend.
