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Sneha Dave has been living with a chronic disease for 17 years — almost her entire life. Diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when she was 6 years old, Dave has experienced …
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The battle against Covid-19 has been marked by false hope, as too many people embraced would-be cures like hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin only to have rigorous studies fail to show the …
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Editor’s note: A recording of the event is embedded below. Keeping track of clinical trials is a herculean task, as millions of changes occur each year. STAT Trials Pulse is …
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Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 2 p.m. ET. The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown into relief the long-standing racial inequities in the U.S. health …
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After weeks of controversy, Biogen (BIIB) has agreed to provide an experimental drug for combating ALS to a small group of very sick patients under a so-called expanded access program. …
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For the community of people affected by Huntington’s disease — a group that is no stranger to disappointment — the back-to-back announcements last month still hit like a double whammy. …
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Google’s newly finalized purchase of Fitbit is poised to provide the tech giant with a potentially lucrative toehold into two competitive markets: clinical trials and employer benefits. The $2.1 billion …
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Before the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, leading organizations in clinical research had been gradually discovering, experimenting with, and implementing remote technology. The pandemic has catapulted their transformation agendas forward. …
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