The metaverse: the next frontier in clinical trials?
Digital simulation could help break down healthcare barriers, but experts caution the clinical trials sector to go slow.
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Women’s health clinical trials: breaking down barriers through decentralisation
Women tend to be harder to recruit for clinical trials due to socioeconomic factors. But decentralised study designs help ease…
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Remote clinical trial monitoring uptake rises but validation questions swirl
DCT Adoption Tracker: Clinical Trials Arena reviews the burgeoning trend on remote monitoring and look into regulatory know-how needed to…
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Patient advisors: could they change the face of medtech trials?
The FDA has released new guidance on how to integrate patient engagement in medical device clinical studies. How might patient…
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Impact of the pandemic on routine immunisations for vaccine-preventable diseases
Routine childhood immunisation programmes have been disrupted because of Covid-19 and their implementation should be prioritised.
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More promise for psilocybin in depression but safety remains a concern
Psilocybin showed positive signs as a potential treatment for neurological conditions, but safety concerns need to be addressed.
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ALS pipeline suffers a major hit as Biogen’s Tofersen fails phase iii trial
Biogen's Tofersen did not meet its efficacy results in the Phase III VALOR study for ALS, which reflects the struggle…
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Competition grows to be the next disease-modifying therapy for Alzheimer’s disease
There is a number of DMT therapies for AD that are at the last stages of development, with Roche's gantenerumab…
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