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A decade into the age of genomics, science is generating a flood of data that will help in the quest to eradicate the disease.
The regulatory body that licenses drugs for use in the European Union is devising a policy that will require the publication of some clinical trial data.
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Tailoring ethical oversight to participant-led research
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Two experts propose replacing Phase 3 trials with smaller, faster alternatives and post-market surveillance to invigorate the pharmaceutical industry.
Although fully organized patient-run trials are still few and far between, patients are taking a more active role in clinical research.
Patients are sidestepping clinical research and using themselves as guinea pigs to test new treatments for fatal diseases. Will they hurt themselves, or science?
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