Clinical trials are the cornerstone of evidence-based medicine. All trial results -- positive, negative, and neutral -- must be made publicly available to allow for transparent decision-making by patients, physicians, and regulators. Without complete data, the evidence gets distorted: harms are downplayed, and benefits are...
Pfizer (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech said on Thursday that their vaccine to prevent flu and COVID-19 generated a strong immune response against strains of the viruses in an early- to mid-stage trial. The companies said they plan to start a late-stage trial in the coming months....
Investigators have dosed the first participant in a phase 3 trial for mRNA-1083 (Moderna), a combination vaccine candidate that provides protection against influenza and COVID-19. Investigators anticipate enrolling approximately 8000 individuals in the Northern Hemisphere for the trial, according to a Moderna press release....
Technology is having a significant impact in healthcare and its impact in the development of precision medicine is set to be huge....
While feedback from clinical trial participants that they would like their personal study data and overall trial results to be shared with them has been loud and clear for many years now, effective follow-through from sponsors and sites on such sentiments has historically been more...
With today’s announcement that Wisconsin has received a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) designation focused on biohealth, the University of Wisconsin–Madison expands its national leadership as a collaborative powerhouse in personalized medicine, bioscience and technology...
The National Institutes of Health is taking steps to simplify its process to assess the scientific merit of research grant applications and mitigate elements that have the potential to introduce bias into review....
At the outset, cancer vaccines were plagued with false starts and modest success at best. But they now represent a promising therapeutic strategy in the immunotherapy of solid tumors....
New clinical treatments for diseases are conceived in a laboratory, then tested on animals or through simulations, and finally studied on human beings if deemed promising enough. Moving from point to point in this cycle is rarely a straight line, and costly and time-consuming trial-and-...
Did you fall into the clinical research profession? This is a question we have often asked attendees at national clinical research conferences like those held annually by ACRP. Responses have mostly been a resounding “Yes”! Unfortunately, many people find out about clinical research and clinical...
