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Trials In Focus: Walmart Joins Growing List Of Retailers Entering Clinical Research

 
• By Alaric DeArment

SIGA provides an update on its monkeypox program, while Massive Bio announces progress on its AI platform for connecting cancer patients to trials, with additional updates from BridgeBio, the Oncology Institute, and CROs Caidya, Charles River Labs, Syneos Health and PPD parent Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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Walmart is joining the growing list of retailers getting involved with clinical research as the retail pharmacy industry has emerged as a new player in the move toward decentralized trials. The company announced the launch of the Walmart Healthcare Research Institute (WHRI), designed to increase access to clinical trials, following in the footsteps of pharmacy giants Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and CVS Health Corp.

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