Cancer immunotherapy is a promising field in drug development because it provides new treatment options for various cancers, especially in combination with standard of care. Immune system can recognize and…
Continue readingCurrent expectations are that by 2030 the annual new cancer cases will reach 22.2 million people. There is an urgent need of new more efficient therapies to tackle raising cancer…
Continue readingDuring my recent work I came across 2 cases of usage of restricted medications in patients participating in clinical trials. In both cases restricted medications were prescribed by GP or…
Continue readingBefore we can start discussing the issues with conducting clinical trials in rare diseases we can clarify what type of conditions will classify as rare diseases. Often rare diseases include…
Continue readingIt is generally accepted that people with intellectual disabilities are not considered in clinical research if the type of the disease could be studied with people without disabilities. The reasons…
Continue readingWorking on clinical trials requires very high qualified staff and some of the most important resources when working in clinical research are sub-investigators. Sub-investigators are qualified consultants who have relevant…
Continue readingWhile it is well-known fact that research and development costs for new medicinal products are very high in this review we will discuss the cost analysis of clinical trials and…
Continue readingThe types of clinical trials by stage of development, or phase, are well known, but in this review we will discuss different types of clinical trials based on their design. …
Continue readingThere have been several occasions when people hear that I work on clinical trials and their reaction is “Oh, you are using people as guinea pigs!” I have shared my…
Continue readingI was travelling in a taxi during the recent months and after I mentioned I work in clinical research the taxi driver decided to share with me that he has…
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