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Real-World Evidence: Lessons From GSK's Salford Lung Study

 
• By Francesca Bruce

The Salford Lung Study is pioneering in the emerging field of gathering real-world evidence. David Leather, Global Medical Affairs Leader in the Respiratory Franchise at GSK, led the UK-based study and talked to the Pink Sheet about why it was important for GSK and what may come next.

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The Salford Lung Study took place in real life settings

Payers, clinicians and guideline writers have for some time been calling for more information on how drugs actually work in patients in real life, and with the Salford Lung Study, this is what GlaxoSmithKline PLC set out to find. David Leather, Global Medical Affairs Leader in the Respiratory Franchise at GSK, who led the UK-based study speaks to the Pink Sheet about why the study is so important for the firm and how it tried to avoid "sloppy science."

The COPD Salford Lung Study is a prospective, open label randomized control trial (RCT) taking place in everyday healthcare settings involving 2,802 patients, supported by 80 GP practices and 130...

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