clinical trials

Anthony Milonas, CEO of Alliance Clinical Network. [Photo: LinkedIn]

Alliance Clinical Network Names Former Ascend Aesthetic CEO as Its New Chief Executive

by | Nov 20, 2025
Anthony Milonas brings more than two decades of experience leading and scaling multi-site healthcare organizations across North America.
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Lantern Pharma Preps 2026 Trial for Rare Pediatric Brain Cancer After FDA Guidance
by | Oct 14, 2025
The North Texas biotech, which uses AI to accelerate cancer drug development, received FDA feedback to advance a new clinical study targeting a rare childhood brain tumor.
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Lantern Pharma Subsidiary Starlight Therapeutics Names New Chief Medical Officer to Oversee Clinical Trials
by | Jan 19, 2024

Marc Chamberlain, M.D., has been appointed as the Chief Medical Officer at Starlight Therapeutics.

Starlight Therapeutics is a Dallas-based Lantern Pharma subsidiary focused exclusively on the clinical development of therapies for central nervous system and brain cancers with limited or no effective therapeutic options.

In his role as CMO, Chamberlain will oversee the company’s upcoming clinical trials focused on several serious and complex brain-related conditions: glioblastoma and other high-grade gliomas (aggressive types of brain tumor), brain metastases in adults (secondary brain tumors originating from cancer elsewhere in the body), and two types of pediatric brain tumors — atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (ATRT) and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG)....

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The Last Word: Nicole Small On Why the Dallas-Based ARPA-H Hub Is Focused on Clinical Trials

by | Oct 20, 2023
The Dallas-based customer experience hub of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health had its official launch yesterday at Pegasus Park. The hub's first mission: making it easier for Americans from across the country to take part in clinical trials, through the Advancing Clinical Trial Readiness Initiative.
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Nanoscope Therapeutics Strengthens Clinical, Regulatory Expertise with Appointment of Chief Medical Officer
by | Sep 22, 2023
Samuel Barone, M.D., is a former Federal Drug Administration official and leader in the pharmaceutical space.
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Straddling Worlds: How Lynne Faust Balances a Thriving Life Science Career With Her Love for Equestrian Sports in Dallas-Fort Worth
Organic chemist Lynne Faust is a master at helping companies accelerate drug development at STA Pharmaceuticals, a top-tier contract research and development manufacturer. A move to Weatherford, 25 miles west of Fort Worth, didn't just catalyze her career—it also spurred on her long-time passion for competitive horseback riding, making her life a unique mix of test tubes and trotting.
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Public-Private Consortium Will Fund 3 Gene Therapy Clinical Trials at UT Southwestern
by | Jun 22, 2023
"There are over 10,000 rare diseases that affect millions of people worldwide, and most of them are genetic," notes UT Southwestern's Steven Gray (above, with Susan Iannaccone, M.D.). Testing on a total of eight genetic diseases has been approved for funding by the Bespoke Gene Therapy Consortium and other organizations.
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Dallas-based Reveles Launches Platform to Eliminate Research Barriers and Expand Clinical Trial Access

by | Apr 20, 2022
Reveles' new DCT management platform broadens access to clinical trials by enabling patients to participate—without leaving their homes. The technology includes enabling eConsent from existing and potential patients; online video and audio between patients and healthcare providers; direct data collection including real-time data, compliance, and status view featuring eSource, eDiaries, devices, wearables, questionnaires, and surveys; and telemedicine tools.
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5 Ways UT Southwestern Medical Center Is Fighting COVID
by | Aug 4, 2020
Virus researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have amped up their lab and data work to fight and defeat COVID-19. Here are key takeaways from UTSW's Claire Aldridge, who herself has battled the virus and fully recovered.
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Dallas’ Peloton Therapeutics Exits to Merck in $2.2B Deal
by | May 22, 2019
The clinical-stage oncology company develops small molecule drugs to treat kidney cancer and other diseases. Its renal cell carcinoma drug is in a Phase II clinical trial.
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Caris Life Sciences Acquires Pharmatech to Pair Patients with Clinical Trials, Faster
by | May 2, 2019
Using a patient's molecular makeup, Caris and Pharmatech aim to find the perfect clinical trial for each cancer patient—and enroll them in as little as 10 days.
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Discovery: Innovative Thinking Study, Cancer Survivors & Clinical Trials, Quake Sensors

by | Dec 1, 2017
Researchers are making discoveries and breakthroughs at laboratories and institutions all across North Texas. Here are some of their stories.
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