• Veradigm Powering Up Research with Real-World Cardiometabolic Datasets

    Clinical Research News | As a longtime electronic health record (EHR) supplier for ambulatory care providers, Veradigm (formerly Allscripts) finds itself at the “intersection of research and patient care” with the wherewithal to offer medical practitioners research opportunities and clinical trial sponsors real-world data and solutions to support their R&D ambitions.

    Apr 10, 2025

  • The Scope of Things: AI Translating Clinical Trial Results, Improving Study Access, Aspirin Preventing Cancer Spread, More

    Clinical Research News | This month’s episode of the Scope of Things covers the latest news on setting expectations for Phase II cancer trials, insights about dementia from the Nun Study, and more, brought to you by host Deborah Borfitz. Ravi Parikh, medical director of data and technology applications shared resource at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, joins in to discuss TrialTranslator.

    Apr 9, 2025

  • Simplicity and Standards are the Starting Points for Pragmatic Trials

    Clinical Research News | Pragmatic trials, by name, have been around for well over a decade now and, while well intentioned, they remain poorly understood and currently offer a limited value proposition to study sponsors and contract research organizations.

    Apr 3, 2025

  • Withings Moves Beyond BMI with New Body Composition Scale

    Clinical Research News | Body Mass Index (BMI) is a long-used method to measure body fat with the formula kg/m2 (or lbs/in2 x 703 for imperial measurements). While it is a noninvasive and inexpensive way to measure body fat, there are arguments that BMI is inaccurate because it does not include other factors such as fat distribution, muscle mass, and metabolic health.

    Apr 2, 2025

  • Challenges and Opportunities for Advancing Health Systems Across Africa: An Activist’s Perspective

    Clinical Research News | Marieme Ba, CEO of Pharmalys, discusses the underrepresentation of African countries in clinical research. Study protocols she worked on referenced continents, except Africa. Other African countries were occasionally included in clinical trials for infectious diseases, but for the most part, the continent was overlooked. This begs the question: why is Africa not represented?

    Mar 28, 2025