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Integrating Real-World and Clinical Trial Data to Improve Patient Outcomes

August 29, 2022 - In a world where remote patient monitoring platforms, devices, and tools are becoming increasingly popular for managing several chronic conditions such as diabetes, researchers are looking to integrate real-world data (RWD) into randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and to analyze RWD alongside RCT data. Their goal is to boost clinical trial efficiency,...

Real-World Evidence Shows Pfizer’s Ibrance Improves Breast Cancer

May 12, 2022 by Samantha McGrail

Pfizer recently presented real-world evidence demonstrating a significant benefit for patients treated with Ibrance (palbociclib) combined with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) compared to AI...

Real-World Evidence Confirms J&J COVID-19 Vaccine Protection

January 12, 2022 by Samantha McGrail

Real-world evidence recently confirmed that Johnson & Johnson’sJohnson’s COVID-19 vaccine provides long-lasting protection against breakthrough infections, hospitalizations, and ICU...

Cerner Leverages Real-World Evidence to Advance Therapies

October 26, 2021 by Samantha McGrail

Cerner recently launched a new operating unit, Cerner Enviza, that offers data-driven solutions and research services to clarify multi-dimensional data through real-world evidence and...

FDA Broadens Authorization for Eli Lilly’s COVID-19 Treatment

August 09, 2021 by Samantha McGrail

FDA recently broadened the emergency use authorization for Eli Lilly and Company’s COVID-19 treatment, baricitinib, to allow for treatment without remdesivir. Under the new authorization,...

Biogen Releases Update on Multiple Sclerosis Therapies Profile

April 22, 2021 by Samantha McGrail

Biogen recently announced new data from its portfolio of multiple sclerosis (MS) therapies. The updates include data on quality of life benefits and findings from analyses on extended interval dosing...

Eli Lilly, UnitedHealth Group Launch Study of COVID-19 Antibody

December 10, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Eli Lilly and Company and UnitedHealth Group recently announced a partnership to conduct a pragmatic study of the COVID-19 antibody LY-CoV555 in high-risk individuals infected with the...

COVID R&D Alliance Starts Clinical Trial for Coronavirus Treatments

August 05, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

Members of the COVID R&D Alliance, Abbvie, Amgen, and Takeda Pharmaceutical, recently announced that the first patients were enrolled in the I-SPY COVID clinical trial, which will evaluate the...

Trulicity Beats Others in Patient Adherence, Real World Data Shows

June 19, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

New real-world data recently showed that Trulicity had significantly higher patient adherence and longer persistence compared to weekly injections of semaglutide or exenatide in individuals with type 2...

Premier Presses FDA, FTC for Biosimilar Marketplace Competition

April 15, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

In response to an FDA and FTC open docket regarding biosimilar marketplace competition, Premier submitted comments and recommendations to further promote a robust biosimilars marketplace. The...

ICER, Aetion to Boost Real-World Evidence for Clinical Trials

February 28, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

ICER adopts Aetion’s platform to advance standards for how real-world evidence can inform decision making for clinical trials and enhance overall patient care. The Institute for Clinical...

NIH Launches Clinical Trial for Potential Coronavirus Vaccine

February 26, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

The National Institute of Health (NIH) is sponsoring the first controlled clinical trial in the US at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) to evaluate a possible coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Chronic Disease Management Drug Shows Real-World Efficacy

February 11, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

A chronic disease management drug used to treat type 2 diabetes showed real-world efficacy, even working slightly better among patients who would have been considered ineligible to participate in phase...

FDA Taps Google Cloud for Real World Evidence Use

January 15, 2020 by Ana Mulero

With industry’s growing use of real-world evidence in drug development and discovery, the Food and Drug Administration is looking to encourage further use of real-world data by having its...

3 Principles for Patient-Centered Research Design, Clinical Trials

December 02, 2019 by Sara Heath

Clinical trial research is the heartbeat of pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices. This rigorous series of testing, in which researchers look at real-world evidence to determine a treatment or...

Data Analytics Key in 2020 Pharmaceutical Industry Predictions

November 22, 2019 by Sara Heath

As data becomes readily available and digital tools present opportunities to optimize patient and consumer relationships, pharmaceutical companies will tap the technologies necessary to boost their...

How Is Real-World Evidence Impacting Drug Discovery, Development

November 15, 2019 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

An estimated $2 billion represents the total amount spent on drug development. In support of its call for expanding the use of RWE in regulatory and value-based payment decision-making for drugs and...

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