Pandemic Perspectives: The Lost Trials Of 2020

Clinical Study Starts Fell 8% Amid COVID-19

New development programs fell sharply in the early part of the year as COVID-19 spread around the world, but activity picked up in the second half. Oncology trials rebounded strongly and infectious disease trials ballooned, but autoimmune and CNS studies took a hit.

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Lockdowns and health care burden hit clinical trial starts

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