Clinical Trial Diversity Campaign Distracting From Health Equity Problems, Califf Says

The FDA commissioner says that improving health disparities would fix the lack of diversity in clinical trials.

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The FDA is working to increase the diversity of its leadership staff, in addition to encouraging more clinical trial diversity. • Source: Shutterstock

The push to increase clinical trial diversity may just be a distraction from a bigger problem, US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf said.

Califf told the Alliance for a Stronger FDA on 12 July that the lack of health equity is the real issue that should be addressed, adding that

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