• Rare Disease Day 2025: Reflecting on a year of progress and the challenges that lie ahead  

    Rare Disease Day presents a time to reflect on the progress made in understanding and addressing the unique challenges that rare diseases bring – and the hurdles that remain. Over the past year, several significant developments have shaped the rare disease landscape, from new regulatory policies and technological advancements to major advocacy efforts.  

  • Reducing Failure Rates of Phase 3 Clinical Trials: how microsimulation modelling can assist

    Of the three main phases of clinical trials, by far the most expensive part of the process is the Phase 3 trial, typically requiring from several hundred to several thousand participants and costing up to $20 million on average. Furthermore, the process is fraught with risks with up to 70% of Phase 2 trials and […]