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Deploying big data to determine how well vaccines work
29 November 2020 - As the initial rollout starts, it’s time to start planning a registry to monitor health outcomes. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2020
Worst-rank score methods—a non-parametric approach to informatively missing data
28 September 2020 - A previous JAMA Guide to Statistics and Methods article briefly reviewed non-parametric statistics. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2020
F.D.A. ‘grossly misrepresented’ blood plasma data, scientists say
24 August 2020 - Many experts — including a scientist who worked on the Mayo Clinic study — were bewildered about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Aug 2020
FDA may fine clinical trial sponsors that don’t report data
24 August 2020 - The US FDA has said it will penalise sponsors of clinical trials that do not report ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2020
Federal scientists finally publish remdesivir data
23 May 2020 - A clinical trial led to the authorisation of the only drug shown to work in COVID-19 patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2020
FDA launches new resource to provide easily accessible, more accurate historical drug approval data
21 February 2020 - FDA is launching a new resource to assist external and agency researchers collecting historical information about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2020
FDA launches mobile-friendly database with information on life-saving HIV drugs as part of ongoing mission to empower the public through increased access to information and data
29 January 2020 - Interactive tool offers information on ARVs eligible for purchase under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2020
Will the FDA give the go-ahead to a prescription video game? The wait goes on, as new data come in.
21 January 2020 - In mid 2018, the startup Akili Interactive Labs asked the Food and Drug Administration to let ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
FDA approves drugs faster than ever but relies on weaker evidence, researchers find
14 January 2020 - The FDA has gotten faster at approving new prescription drugs over the past four decades, but ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
FDA real world evidence to be made available on Google Cloud
8 January 2020 - The company is making the agency's open-source MyStudies platform available, enabling for easier access to data for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2019
The challenges of sharing data in an era of politicised science
21 November 2019 - The goal of making science more transparent—sharing data, posting results on trial registries, use of preprint servers, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
10 year update on study results submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov
14 November 2019 - A decade after ClinicalTrials.gov launched a database for reporting results of clinical trials, the database includes results ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2019
Google’s ‘Project Nightingale’ gathers personal health data on millions of Americans
11 November 2019 - Search giant is amassing health records from Ascension facilities in 21 states; patients not yet informed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2019
In generic drug plants in China and India, data falsification is still a problem
29 October 2019 - As the generic drug industry faces allegations of data manipulation, headlines about carcinogen-tainted blood pressure medicine, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2019
FDA informs patients, providers and manufacturers about potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities for connected medical devices and health care networks that use certain communication software
1 October 2019 - Today, the U.S. FDA is informing patients, health care professionals, IT staff in health care facilities and ...