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

 
• By Alaric DeArment

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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.

The retailer, which operates more than 5,000 stores across the US, said on 11 October that it is working with a wide range of study partners that include clinical research organizations, drug companies and academic medical centers, adding that the WHRI was already

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