CDER director calls for simplifying clinical trials to boost diversity

10 January 2023 - Encouraging researchers and sponsors to simplify clinical trials and employ a fit for purpose protocol is ...

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Attempt to replicate clinical trials with real world data generates real world criticism, too

3 July 2019 - It’s one of the most seductive ideas in medicine: that “real-world evidence,” including data from electronic ...

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Validation of patient reported outcomes: a low bar

3 July 2019 - It used to be that if we wanted to assess a patient’s back pain, we would evaluate ...

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Biomarkers and surrogate endpoints

16 March 2016 - This Viewpoint describes the rationale behind an FDA and NIH effort to develop a glossary of common ...

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