• Ethnic Disparities, Variations in Antibody Response, Transmission-Humidity Link: COVID-19 Updates

    Clinical Research News | More evidence for disparities in the prevalence of COVID-19 across racial/ethnic subgroups, different types of detectable antibody responses tell different stories, potential cause for the loss of smell, and a transmission-humidity link. Plus, vaccine trials in South Africa, and launch of phage-based vaccines.

    Aug 21, 2020

  • FDA Releases Civil Money Penalties Procedures For Not Posting Clinical Trials, Results

    Clinical Research News| The Food and Drug Administration released its nonbinding recommendations for civil money penalties relating to the data submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov earlier this week. They outlined how they plan to identify parties that have failed to submit required clinical trial registration or results information, what the investigation and notification process will be, and what civil money penalties may be assessed and when.

    Aug 19, 2020

  • New Study Highlights Women Underrepresented In Clinical Trials, Resulting In Side Effects

    Clinical Research News Brief | A new study from UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago suggests that women are more likely to suffer adverse side effects of medications than men, highlighting a disparity of representation in clinical trials.

    Aug 17, 2020

  • Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Trials, mAbs, Vaccine Updates

    Clinical Research News | Vaccine updates—both research and commercial, a new drug combo being tested for treatment, and a spotlight on the racial disparity in COVID-19 trials and impacts. Plus, mAbs on trial.

    Aug 14, 2020

  • Medidata Launches Centralized Monitoring Solution

    Clinical Research News | Medidata launched Medidata Detect today, a centralized statistical monitoring solution for clinical trials of new medicines, vaccines, and medical devices.

    Aug 13, 2020

  • Number Of ED Visits Decreases Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic, Other News

    Clinical Research News | Healthcare systems in five states have reported a decrease in the number of emergency department (ED) visits since April, while hospital admission rates have increased in the same timeframe. A recent study urges public health officials to emphasize the importance of visiting the ED during the COVID-19 pandemic. This, plus more, is included in this week’s announcements and updates from the clinical research industry.

    Aug 7, 2020

  • Follow the Money: Investments for Underserved Lung Cancer Communities

    Clinical Research News | Stand Up To Cancer gets a big pharma investment aimed at achieving health equity for underserved lung cancer patients, including Black people and people living in rural communities. And Sema4 gets $121M to build dynamic models of human health and define optimal, individualized health trajectories.

    Aug 5, 2020

  • Are Our COVID-19 Trials Useful, Ethical? Researcher Raise Red Flags

    Clinical Research News | Groups of researchers are raising red flags about the quality of COVID-19 clinical trials. A group from Stanford and Yale warned that studies may not be well designed to contribute meaningful clinical evidence. Another group from Johns Hopkins cautioned against overstepping ethical bounds in public health surveillance. Meanwhile, many new trials are launched. 

    Jul 31, 2020

  • John Snow Labs, LabCorp, FDA, And More: News From July 2020

    Clinical Research News | July was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from John Snow Labs, LabCorp, the FDA, and more.

    Jul 30, 2020

  • Pandemic Inspires Impactful Public-Private Partnerships

    Clinical Research News | If COVID-19 has an upside, it’s that the public health crisis has turned fierce competitors unto friendly collaborators and forged unlikely partnerships between groups who tackle problems from a different angle.

    Jul 28, 2020

  • How St. Jude Research Hospital’s New SVP of Clinical Trials Administration is Weathering the Pandemic

    Clinical Research News | While the short-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have certainly slowed clinical research, St. Jude’s new Senior Vice President of Clinical Trials Administration keeps a long view, with some initial goals—including an expanded clinical infrastructure and informatics—becoming more important than ever.

    Jul 27, 2020

  • NIAID Establishes COVID-19 Prevention Network, Other News

    Clinical Research News | The NIAID recently established the COVID-19 Prevention Network with the goal to register millions of volunteers for large-scale clinical testing of vaccines and monoclonal antibodies intended to protect people from COVID-19. This, plus more, is included in this week’s announcements and updates from the clinical research industry.

    Jul 24, 2020

  • Accelerating Toward a New Era of Clinical Research

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | The modern clinical trial will reduce the patient burden, increase speed of execution, and improve collaboration across stakeholders.

    Jul 23, 2020

  • Anthony Fauci: Pandemic Potential of Coronaviruses Nothing New

    Clinical Research News | In his opening keynote address at the American Association for Cancer Research virtual meeting on COVID-19 and cancer yesterday, Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stayed true to his reputation as a beacon of knowledge and truth in the battle against a confounding viral foe.

    Jul 21, 2020

  • 2000 Volunteers Urge NIH to Begin Human Challenge Trials For COVID-19

    Clinical Research NewsMore than 100 researchers, clinicians, and Nobel Laureates signed a letter sent to Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, yesterday emphasizing the “vast importance of human challenge trials” in developing a vaccine for COVID-19.

    Jul 17, 2020

  • Evaluating the Efficacy of COVID-19 Vaccines in Production, Other News

    Clinical Research News | Researchers outline the challenges in evaluating the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines that are in production. This, plus more, are included in this week’s announcements and updates from the clinical research industry.

    Jul 16, 2020

  • The Role of Virtual Twins in Clinical Trials

    Clinical Research News | Right now—in the midst of a pandemic that is impacting everything from engineering to healthcare—there are great opportunities for virtual models.

    Jul 13, 2020

  • Robust Controlled Human Infection Models Still 2 Years Out, Other COVID-19 News

    Clinical Research News | It could take up to two years to develop robust controlled human infection models for SARS-CoV-2 that meet essential criteria for limiting risk for study volunteers, according to a recent report in the New England Journal of Medicine. This, plus more, is included in this week’s announcements and updates from the clinical research industry.

    Jul 10, 2020

  • Patient Influencers Becoming Voices Of the Patients

    Clinical Research News | Patient influencers have been a growing trend in the patient advocacy space, serving as mediators between clinical researchers and the patients they hope to treat.

    Jul 8, 2020

  • A Deep Dive Into Protocol Adherence Within Clinical Trials

    Clinical Research News | While adherence in clinical research may seem straightforward, analysis conducted by AiCure shows that the issue of adherence—or more accurately non-adherence—can take many forms.

    Jul 7, 2020