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Is That Heart Attack Really an Adverse Event?

Fierce BioTech

Is That Heart Attack Really an Adverse Event? The success of your highly complex clinical trial depends on accurate, reliable assessments of your endpoints. Learn how to accurately identify and attribute adverse events, eliminate conflicts of interest, and ensure the integrity of your studies.

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FDA puts Novavax flu vaccine trials on hold

BioPharma Drive: Drug Pricing

The hold, which was made in response to a serious adverse event report, could impact the company’s plans to start a Phase 3 trial of a combination shot for COVID-19 and influenza.

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Clinical trial finds finerenone reduces worsening heart failure and cardiovascular death

Science Daily: Pharmacology News

Finerenone reduced the composite of total first and recurrent heart failure (HF) events (hospitalizations for HF or urgent HF visits) and cardiovascular death in patients with HF and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to an international clinical trial.

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Enhancing Clinical Trials: The Power of Contact Center Services

PPD

Clinical trials are the backbone of medical research, enabling the development of new treatments and therapies that can improve patient outcomes. However, conducting successful clinical trials requires efficient communication and coordination among various stakeholders. This is where contact center services play a vital role.

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How Machine Learning Drives Clinical Trial Efficiency

Clinical trial data management is increasingly challenging as studies grow in complexity. Quickly accessing and analyzing study data is vital for assessing trial progress and patient safety. In this paper, we explore real-time data access and analysis for proactive study management.

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The Next Generation of Vaccine Mega Trials

PPD

In the realm of vaccine development, mega trials — studies enrolling 5,000 subjects or more — have been instrumental in the fight against many pathogens, including influenza, rotavirus, malaria, RSV and most recently in the rapid development of vaccines against COVID-19.

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SAE Reporting and the IRB: Adverse Events in Drug Studies

Advarra

Assessing and reporting adverse events (AEs) in clinical trials is critical to ensuring the study is as safe as possible and the participants have the most up to date information so they can decide whether to continue their participation in the research study. Who Should Assess AEs in Clinical Trials? regulations.