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The next phase of decentralisation in clinical trials

Pharmaceutical Technology

Rather than bringing patients to sites, study teams are now exploring ways they can bring the trial to patients using a varying combination of direct-to-patient drug shipments, home nursing, video conferencing, and electronic data collection. Mobile nursing is the primary solution, but these services are limited in supply.

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Covid vaccines averted 3 million deaths in U.S., according to new study

STAT News

This Wednesday will mark two years since nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the U.S. to receive a Covid-19 vaccine outside of a clinical trial. A study released Tuesday by the Commonwealth Fund shows that in those two years, the Covid vaccines have averted over 3 million deaths in the U.S.

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Vaccines and various response rates

Drug Discovery World

DDW Editor Reece Armstrong speaks to Dr Katrina Pollock from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford. Dr Pollock is the Chief Investigator of the LEGACY03 clinical trial, a study aiming to investigate lymph nodes and vaccination responses across age groups. RA: Could you tell us about the LEGACY03 trial?

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Nursing researcher’s experience in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Scienmag

What The Article Says: This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine’s possible adverse effects. Authors: Kristen R. Choi, Ph.D.,

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First-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine to treat opioid use.

The Pharma Data

The first patients have been enrolled in a phase 1 randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial to study a therapeutic vaccine for opioid use disorder developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The vaccine currently being tested stimulates the body’s immune system to produce antibodies to oxycodone.

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On Clinical Trials Day, CVS shares lessons learned from one year providing trial services

pharmaphorum

Last year, the company added clinical trials to the list with the launch of CVS Health Clinical Trial Services , an initiative that works with pharma companies on clinical trial recruitment and even hosts trial sites at certain retail locations. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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CVS, Medable alliance aims to tackle diversity in clinical trials

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CVS Health has said it will beef up its clinical trials operations, improving its ability to recruit patients from a broad demographic spectrum, via an agreement with digital health company Medable. The post CVS, Medable alliance aims to tackle diversity in clinical trials appeared first on.