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How COVID-19 Disrupted The Clinical Trial Status Quo

 
• By Daniel Chancellor

As the world begins its transition into a post-pandemic existence, it becomes possible to look back on the past two years and begin to quantify the effects COVID-19 has brought. For the biopharmaceutical industry, clinical trials have been at the forefront.

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From waves of infection causing inaccessible sites and reduced patient availability, through to the unprecedented development of vaccines and other therapeutics, COVID-19 has permanently changed the nature of clinical research.

Clinical trials have historically been entirely concentrated around the clinical site, typically an academic or general hospital, employing experienced investigators and site staff trained for the explicit purpose. This paradigm has prevailed over decades, despite the high associated study costs and declining enrollment performances over time

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