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

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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. Reuters quoted Kintor’s chief financial officer Lucy Lu, who said that Kayali was one of its trial investigators.

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Why Black People Remain Underrepresented in Clinical Trials

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There has been increasing awareness around the need for improving inclusion and diversity in clinical trials. 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. Medical Mistrust.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

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Lack of access, strict regulations, and demanding schedules have made it extremely difficult for patients to participate in clinical trials. A 2018 NIH survey found that patients felt clinical trial participation to be inconvenient and burdensome, and nearly half (49.0%) said it disrupted their daily routine.

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

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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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Phases of Clinical Research: A Detailed Overview

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Clinical trials are studies involving human volunteers to research ways to prevent, detect, and treat various medical conditions. The goal is to identify safer, more effective methods of treating illnesses using new drugs or new combinations of existing drugs.

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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. The company is also enrolling patients for its global Phase 2b/3 trial, potentially one the largest trials of its kind.