Replacing Test Subjects With Computer Models Will Take Cooperation

More collaboration between device companies and with FDA will be needed to employ sophisticated "virtual patient" computer models to reduce the number of patients needed in clinical trials, says Medtronic statistician Tarek Haddad.

Sophisticated computer models, or virtual patients, that can simulate how a device will function in a patient, could eventually cut the cost and time of device clinical trials, but manufacturers will have to cooperate with each other and regulatory agencies to reach that goal, according to Medtronic statistician Tarek Haddad.

"Even at a big company like Medtronic, we still don't have the resources to do everything so if we really...

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