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Real-World Database Studies: Prepare For A Long Journey, IQVIA Advises

 
• By Bridget Silverman

Rigorous planning and a multidisciplinary team including database experts and healthcare specialists with local knowledge are vital to effective real-world evidence, white paper shows.

Airliner in flight

“Real-world database studies are a long journey,” IQVIA Real World Solutions UK associate principal Paola Nasuti observed in an interview with the Pink Sheet.

“The data sciences have evolved over time,” she observed, reflecting the “constant evolution in the way we access data, the...

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