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

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmacovigilance refers to the practice of collecting, detecting, assessing, monitoring and preventing adverse effects (AEs) caused by new drug substances. After AEs are recorded, they must be translated and put back out to doctors and scientists for processing. Adapting pharmacovigilance to deal with surging case reports.

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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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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. That is a moral failure on the part of medicine. That makes recruitment of patients more challenging.

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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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Phases of Clinical Research: A Detailed Overview

Advarra

The Importance of Clinical Research in Medical Advancements Researchers use clinical trials to test a drug’s or other medical treatment’s safety and efficacy. Most modern medicines were developed from clinical trials , and clinical trials remain essential for drug development.

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Waiver of Informed Consent - proposed changes in the 21st Century Cures Act

Placebo Control

pic.twitter.com/dqmWPpxPdE — Adam Feuerstein (@adamfeuerstein) July 14, 2015 In another tweet, he suggests that the act will "decimate" informed consent in drug trials. Even though the patients aren’t personally identifiable, the collection of medical data qualifies this as a clinical trial.

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Why Black People Remain Underrepresented in Clinical Trials

XTalks

Despite these statistics, in the US, Black people only constitute five percent of all clinical trial participants. The overwhelming majority of trial participants nationwide are white. Race-Based Medicine. Personalized Medicine. However, the links between race-based genetics and disease are not quite clear.