• Follow the Money: University of Utah Accelerates Heart Failure Gene Therapy Research, OpenClinica’s Cloud Technology to Simplify Clinical Trials, More

    Clinical Research News | Funding for progressing a neurodegenerative disease drug candidate into clinical development, virus filters engineered to provide superior filter productivity and robust viral clearance during clinical trials, developing messenger RNA therapies for applications in cancer immunotherapy and exploring therapeutic alternatives with various nucleic acids, and more.

    Mar 28, 2023

  • MUSC’s Opt-Out Approach To Recruitment Proves Popular With Patients

    Clinical Research News | Consumers are by now accustomed to opting out of everything from unwanted telemarketing calls to text messages about a flash sale at their favorite department store. It is perhaps unsurprising then that they would not object to the idea of an opt-out approach to cold contact about a clinical trial for which they are potentially eligible.

    Mar 23, 2023

  • Gender Parity Still A Stretch Goal For Global Trials

    Clinical Research News | Two different perspectives on the participation of women in clinical trials arise when looking at the situation locally and internationally. At the ground level in the U.S., at least on protocols that don’t exclude them, women often outnumber men by a wide margin even if all socioeconomic subgroups aren’t represented. On the other hand, females account for only about 31% of study participants across all 450,000 ongoing global trials.

    Mar 15, 2023