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The Clinical Trial Accessibility Checklist: How Does Your Organization Measure Up?

7 Actions Biopharma Can Take To Create A More Accessible Environment For Clinical Trial Participants

 
• By Jessica Federer

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the NIH revitalization act that required women and minorities to be included in clinical research in the US. Putting that into perspective, we have only really been collecting data at scale on women and minorities since the movie Jurassic Park was launched. If we want more people to participate in clinical trials, it is time to get real about reducing the burden of research on volunteers.

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Clinical trials are not designed to help the study participants. They are designed to gather data to develop new treatments for people in the future. The biopharma industry depends on volunteers to participate in clinical trials that are not designed to help them. It is how we advance science and get new treatments to the world. Yet our industry is not doing enough to reduce the burden on volunteers in clinical trials.

Here are seven pragmatic actions the biopharma sector can take today to create a more accessible environment for clinical trial...

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