Why Do Clinical Trials?
Clinical trials are an important — and government-required — step on the way from an idea to a commercial medicinal product. All new pharmaceutical and biological products and most generic...more
As a second COVID-19 wave hits Europe, many countries are implementing lockdown restrictions to flatten the curve. The second wave coincides with a pause in two vaccine clinical trials and the emergence of some documented...more
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that dining out carries heightened risk of COVID-19 transmission, but did not reveal a similar heightened risk related to travel. Studies...more
AstraZeneca’s Phase 3 vaccine clinical trials came to a halt this week as the pharmaceutical company works to identify the underlying cause of a case of transverse myelitis emerging in a volunteer. The pause coincided with...more
Recently, public attention has been captured by the progress of medical treatments and vaccines against COVID-19, which are currently going through clinical trials (categorized into phases 1, 2 and 3)....more