Vibrant Science to Advance Lives
We have a long global history of integrating cutting-edge science and innovative technology to develop products and devices that meet the needs of patients living with difficult-to-treat diseases. Our long-standing legacy of making a difference to patients and their loved ones fuels our passion to invest further. In fact, we dedicate more than 20% of our global revenues to continued research and development (R&D) investment in oncology, immuno-oncology and immunology.
Our global pipeline is the strongest it has ever been, with more than 20 projects in clinical development focused on potential new oncology and immune-oncology medicines in more than 15 difficult-to-treat tumor types, as well as investigational treatments for psoriasis, lupus, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.
Explore our PipelineAn R&D Snapshot
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Our Commitment to Clinical Trials
We are committed to developing new medicines for patients impacted by difficult-to-treat diseases.
We believe the best way to fulfill this commitment is through clinical studies that evaluate whether the medicine works and is safe, which can lead to the medicine being approved and made available to the broadest number of patients possible.
From first-in-man administration to commercialization, we are pursuing clinical studies involving thousands of patients around the world. Our teams provide global support to achieve regulatory approvals, as well as post-approval and life-cycle management initiatives. Our Clinical Development operations range from early-stage to full clinical development management of the organization's clinical trials. In addition, our Medical Organization, which is focused on advancing scientific and medical knowledge, manages Phase IV studies and registries.
Because clinical studies depend on patient-volunteers, we encourage patients to consider participating in clinical studies. To search for actively recruiting studies or to learn about new experimental medicines being tested visit https://health-products.canada.ca/ctdb-bdec/?lang=eng.
Our Commitment to Improving Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials
As we aspire to make a difference in the lives of patients, we are committed to conducting clinical trials that represent diverse patient populations.
Post-Study Access to Experimental Medicine
We recognize that access to experimental medicine after a clinical study ends, is often necessary for the continued health and well-being of patients participating in the studies. We also recognize that continued access may be a legal, regulatory and/or ethical obligation under some circumstances. Click here to read our Position Statement on Post-Study Access to Experimental Medicine.
EMD Serono Clinical Trial Website
Clinical trial participants have a critical role in helping scientists find future treatment options. Click here to access the EMD Serono clinical trial website for patients and caregivers to obtain information about our clinical trials and the overall clinical research process, developed in line with our commitment to clinical trial transparency.
If you are looking for more information or listings of clinical trials, you can follow these links:
Investigator Sponsored Trials
We also believe that Investigator Sponsored Studies play a valuable role in our development of new medicines. We welcome qualified investigators to submit their study ideas to us for consideration.
For submissions, please visit startone.vibrantm.com.
Special Access Program
Although many patients may gain access to experimental medicine during clinical studies, we understand that some patients may not be eligible or able to participate in a study. In certain circumstances, we may provide patients with access to experimental medicine outside the clinical study process via our Early Access process. Although this is generally known in Canada as ’Special Access’ via the Health Canada’s Special Access Program, early access is the term EMD Serono Canada uses to describe this type of access.
For an overview of how Health Canada’s Special Access Program works click here.
Physicians may submit their requests for early access from EMD Serono before or concurrent with their requests to Health Canada. For information on Health Canada’s SAR Form and how to make request to Health Canada click here.
Requesting Early Access
If a physician wants to request one of our experimental medicines for a patient with a serious or life threating disease or condition, the physician should send a request to earlyaccess@emdserono.com.
Before doing so, the physician should review our Position Statement on Early Access to Experimental Medicine, download the PDF here, which outlines the 5 Principles we use to evaluate all Early Access requests.
We will respond to requests within three business days.