The COVID-19 vaccine race moved full throttle into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region as trial sites in both Saudi Arabia and Israel opened up and launched clinical trials. The state-run Israel Institute for Biological Research plans on commencing clinical...
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CanSino Biologics Breakthrough: Saudi Arabia to Proceed on Phase 3 Trial
CanSino Biologics was at the very forefront of COVID-19 vaccines and is still in the top rung of contenders; however, due to a few different inhibiting factors, they're now working to catch up with other companies that have engaged Phase 3 sites around the word. Now...
Russia Approves Generic Version of Avigan for COVID-19 & Purportedly in Talks to Supply Saudi Arabia
Russia’s health ministry recently approved a new anti-viral drug for COVID-19 called Avifavir, which is associated with Favipiravir and developed by Fujifilm Toyama Chemical of Japan. With a trade name of Avigan in Japan, it is also under study in China and the United...
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology Produce Machine Learning Algorithm to Identify Cancer Genes
King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST) researchers from their Computational Bioscience Research Center have developed a machine learning-based method to identify genes that stimulate tumor growth. The algorithms sift through reams of molecular...
Saudi Arabia to Launch MERS-CoV Clinical Trial at Saudi National Guard Health Affairs Clinical Trial Unit
A Phase Ib clinical trail in the Kingdom of the Saudi Arabia (KSA) launched to evaluate a vaccine candidate to protect people against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The study is a result of a collaboration between the Jenner Institute and...
Saudi Arabia Needs to Develop its Clinical Trials Capacity & Competencies for Health Benefits to its People
Researchers from Saudi Arabia studied the quality and quantity of clinical trials in the strategically, culturally, economically and spiritually important Middle Eastern nation. The researchers, from Sulaiman Al Rajhi Colleges and Qassim University, reveal that...
Seoul National University Ink Deal with King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC)
Korean clinical trials experts from Seoul National University (SNUH) have inked a deal with King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (KAIMRC), to train the Saudis on how to conduct clinical trials. This collaboration is quite interesting as the Koreans have...
Saudi Arabian Study Startup Metrics: King Fahad Medical City Study Findings
The Clinical Research department King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia conducted research to analyze and identify study startup metrics performance and found that varied factors are responsible for delays of the startup process; the delays can be broken down...