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HCP’s use of social media: the good and the not so good

World of DTC Marketing

The best approach is to use social media to connect HCPs to clincial information and drug trials. Doximity was flagged for having anti-vaccine information. HCPs don’t necessarily want pharma trying to sell products via social media.

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Florida woman jailed for lying to FDA about children's drugs trial

Outsourcing Pharma

A Florida doctor has been sent to prison after submitting a false affidavit claiming she had screened children in a clinical study looking at the effectiveness of drugs given to children with asthma when she had not.

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Scepticism in press over Kintor’s COVID-19 US drug trial

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But Reuters reported that the doctor identified as its principal clinical trial investigator has said he is not in charge of the trial. The post Scepticism in press over Kintor’s COVID-19 US drug trial appeared first on.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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According to the FDA’s 2020 Drug Trials Snapshot Report , only 8% of clinical trial participants are Black or African American, as compared to nearly 14% of the US population. The fact is, many minorities never learn about vital clinical trials in play, or that they’re eligible to participate.

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The medical school trying to become anti-racist

The Pharma Data

A major British medical school is leading the drive to eliminate what it calls “inherent racism” in the way doctors are trained in the UK. Exploring the fact that drug trials predominantly involve white, male participants, and looking at how this may lead to inaccurate and harmful prescribing for other patients.

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Fatty liver disease: With little early detection, more challenging drug development

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That was until my doctors stunned me with the news that I had cirrhosis caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, a severe form of fatty liver disease that often has few or no symptoms until very late stages. For most of my adult life, I had been the typical American fat guy, gaining a pound or two a year and thinking little of it.

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Advancement through adversity: how Covid-driven innovations are becoming best practices for pharmacovigilance

Pharmaceutical Technology

Before drugs are authorised, evidence of their safety and efficacy is limited to results from clinical trials, so it is essential that pharmacovigilance continues after a therapy has been approved. After AEs are recorded, they must be translated and put back out to doctors and scientists for processing.

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