Janssen’s Sarich: Randomized Controlled Trials, Real-World Evidence Go Best Together

Janssen’s Troy Sarich outlines why it’s hard to emulate randomized controlled trials with real-world evidence studies, emphasizing that the two are “not in competition.” He also highlights the huge strides made by AI-driven technology firms to provide “research-ready” structured data and new game-changing advances in the area of health sensors.

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RCTs and Real-World Evidence Are Complementary • Source: Alamy (Alamy Stock Photo)

Pharma has stepped up its efforts around utilizing real-world data for drug approvals, but reproducing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) using real-world evidence (RWE) is challenging and the two are “not in competition” and complementary, a senior Janssen executive has emphasized.

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