GSK Leads Way With Real World Data, But Others Follow

The firm's hands-off pragmatic trial in the UK paves the way for real world studies in other disease areas where there are many products and arguably little differentiation to sway payers on market access.

Increasingly, health care providers and payers want to see studies reflective of real world situations and proof that health care is being delivered in the most cost-effective way, which was part of the aim of GlaxoSmithKline PLC's Salford Lung Study.

The 2,802-patient study compared GSK's Breo Ellipta, which combines the inhaled corticosteroid fluticasone furoate with the long-acting beta agonist vilanterol, against physician's choice, to reflect an everyday clinical practice setting...

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