Almost all of these vaccines, however, are in Phase I clinical trials--early-stage tryouts meant to judge safety, not effectiveness.
So why does this tiny Phase I pilot study, successful for only four of six women, matter so much?
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This event marks the end of Phase I of the UNESCO-IHP ISARM Project (2000-2010) and the start of Phase II.
The Quartet will assist and facilitate implementation of the plan, starting in Phase I, including direct discussions between the parties as required.
In Phase I, teams are expected to produce an initial design and demonstrate in software the crucial capabilities that validate their approach.
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Human Genome last week announced favorable phase I clinical data about the safety and tolerability of a drug to fight anthrax infections.
Teams demonstrating sufficient progress in Phase I will receive Phase II funding.
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The European Union provided the funding for Phase I of the project.
The company recently won a Phase IIB SBIR award and a new Phase I SBIR award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
"This is the most provocative response rate of any cancer drug in a Phase I trial that I have seen in eight years, " said Tolcher.
For its part, Merck notes that its BACE inhibitor recently demonstrated a reduction in cerebral spinal fluid, or CSF, a biomarker, in a Phase I study.
Phase I will be capacitized for 300, 000 vehicles, consisting of the Santana NF and Skoda models, and Phase II will create capacity for another 300, 000 cars.
If the U.S. doesn't deliver, there is a clause in the agreement that states the Open Skies treaty -- phase I included -- can be torn up.
The reorganization will be completed in two phases with the announced changes being a part of Phase I that is scheduled to continue for a few more weeks.
The Phase I of the Regional Dialogue consisted of a series of videoconferences, in-country multi-stakeholder meetings and the establishment of communication mechanisms connecting participants from Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia.
The company recently completed enrollment in a Phase I clinical study of MultiStem in heart attack patients, and is midway through a clinical study of MultiStem in leukemia and other cancer patients.
The quantity and quality of proposals received in response to the Phase II HELP Global Call 2003-04 were encouraging signs of progress being made by the original Phase I Pilot basins of 2001.
The treatment, CYT387, appears to demonstrate an ability to render and maintain myelofibrosis patients transfusion independent for clinically-relevant periods, while also improving other symptoms, according to a phase I and phase II study.
"It so happens that this year, the compounds that represent the kind of novel approach to medicine that we want to develop happen to be in phase I or phase II, " says Dennis Burns , the head of global business development at Hoffman-La Roche , Roche's U.S.-based drug division.
While other pharmaceutical companies have paid large amounts of cash for biotech drugs that had nearly completed human testing, Roche (otc: RHHBY - news - people ) has been sticking mostly to those that are in the earliest (phase I) or middle (phase II) stages of clinical trials.
The excitement over Canadian-based YM and its presentation of data from phase I and II clinical trials at ASCO centers not only on its positive data on myelofibrosis but on indications its JAK inhibitors may also have applications in solid tumors, as well as inflammatory diseases, says Chrystyna Bedrij, biotech analyst at Griffin Securities.
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"I'm very proud with the way we defended against this team and to score a try on first phase, I'm very proud of them, " said the former South Africa coach.
And thus I began phase two of my transition, which meant practicing being comfortable with the discomfort of negotiating.
It was during this phase of my life that I truly become an entrepreneur.
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Slides from the Investment Phase discussion are below and I apologize for not having a voiceover to go with them yet.
Now, as we enter this last phase, the final phase of this journey, I just want to be honest with you.
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