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NIH Awards $35.5 Million to Use Tiny, Bioengineered Organ Models to Improve Clinical Trials’ Development and Design

September 29, 2020 - NCATS News

  • Tissue Chip for Drug Screening

Approximately 85% of late-stage clinical trials of candidate drugs fail because of drug safety problems or ineffectiveness, despite promising preclinical test results.

NIH Expands Clinical Trials to Test Convalescent Plasma Against COVID-19

September 22, 2020 - NCATS News

  • COVID-19
  • Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program

Two randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials funded by NIH are expanding enrollment to further evaluate convalescent plasma as a treatment for people hospitalized with COVID-19.

Clinical Trial Readiness Grants Aim to Set the Stage for Rare Disease Clinical Trials

March 17, 2020 - NCATS News

  • Genetic and Rare Diseases (GARD) Information Center

To close the gap between development of candidate interventions for rare diseases and clinical testing, NCATS and NICHD created rare-disease Clinical Trial Readiness grants.

Last updated on June 13, 2024