Industry Is Moving Fast With Decentralized Trials, But Is It Too Fast?

Companies like Bayer and AstraZeneca are seeing what a difference decentralization makes as CVS is rapidly expanding its clinical research business.

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A panel at last week's Galien Forum went deep into decentralized trials • Source: Shutterstock

Industry has been quick to embrace decentralized trials as a lasting change, de-risked by the pandemic, and are reporting positive effects and cost savings. But during a recent panel at the Galien Foundation Forum, an important voice – former and possibly future US Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf – urged some caution about moving too fast.

During a 28 October panel discussion on how decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) are modernizing clinical research, industry experts reflected on the changes that have taken place to accommodate these new...

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