Biocon and Quark Pharmaceuticals gets DCGI’s approval for new drug ‘QPI-1007’

23 Jun 2016 Evaluate

Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has given nod to Biocon and its partner Quark Pharmaceuticals to proceed with clinical trials on human subjects for a new drug candidate, 'QPI-1007' aimed for ocular neuroprotection. The company and Quark Pharmaceuticals have also randomized the first patient in India in the global Phase II/III study of the new drug candidate. Randomisation is the allocation of subjects to treatment groups to prevent selection and accidental bias.

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