Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders
ICON's endocrine and metabolic trial experience, supported by a global team of experts
A multifaceted risk factor:
Addressing obesity's impact across the disease spectrum
Obesity is a growing health concern worldwide, with at least 2.8 million people dying each year because of the disease. Explore the implications of obesity as a risk factor across the disease spectrum, and how this may impact treatment, drug development and clinical trials for obesity.
ICON survey report:
Trends and challenges in obesity research and clinical trials
Explore the ICON survey of global industry professionals currently engaged in obesity-related clinical research. Respondents were from organisations ranging from small biotechs to large pharmaceutical companies, as well as academic organisations. The survey was designed to measure industry opinions on trends and challenges for the sector.
Webinar: Addressing the challenges of Type 2 Diabetes global clinical trials via high quality lab solutions
Join ICON’s expert Dr. Andrew Roche, PhD as he speaks about overcoming challenges when developing Diabetes trials. Addressing these challenges via use of high quality tools is critical to successful completion of a clinical trial.
Webinar: Digital solutions to alleviate NASH clinical trial challenges
Find out more about the ability for digital technologies including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) and whole slide imaging (WSI) to address NASH clinical trial challenges.
Endocrine and metabolic disorders blogs and media contributions
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Media article: Patient centricity in insulin injection: Using technology to improve self-administration
The following media article will explore how injection technology has made self-administration of insulin easier, and how it will continue to develop into the future.
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Blog: Challenges and Advances in NASH Clinical Trials
Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH) is the most severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
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Media article: Oncology clinical trials in APAC
Clinical research in APAC is very well established, with high-quality research infrastructure, and some Centers of Excellence have leapfrogged the West, especially in IT and equipment.
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Blog: NASH Clearing Clinical Trial Hurdles in Race to $35 billion Market
NASH ranks among the world’s great emerging health threats.
Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders services
ICON is an experienced partner who can assist sponsors in navigating the many challenges of endocrine & metabolic disorders drug development. ICON can help sponsors optimise the clinical trial lifecycle from patient enrolment to payer reimbursement with its customisable solutions and proven strategies. Our highly experienced clinical and therapeutic teams have expertise in conducting trials across a wide range of therapeutic areas including, diabetes, cardiometabolic disorders, gastroenterology, and hepatology.