By Sophia Puliasis

Sex Differences in Clinical Trial Recruiting

Biostatistics, Clinical Trials, Med-Tech & Medical Device, Pharma & Drug Development, Uncategorized
The following article investigates several systematic reviews into sex and gender representation in individual clinical trial patient populations. In these studies sex ratios are assessed and evaluated by various factors such as clinical trial phase, disease type under investigation and disease burden in the population. Sex differences in the reporting of safety and efficacy outcomes are also investigated. In many…
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By Henry Budds

Estimating the Costs Associated with Novel Pharmaceutical development: Methods and Limitations.

Clinical Trials, Pharma & Drug Development, Uncategorized
Data sources for cost analysis of drug development R&D and clinical trials Cost estimates for pre-clinical and clinical development across the pharmaceutical industry differ based on several factors. One of these is the source of data used by each costing study to inform these estimates. Several studies use private data, which can include confidential surveys filled out by pharmaceutical firms/clinical…
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By Henry Budds

How much does developing a novel therapeutic cost? – Factors Affecting Drug Development Costs across the Pharma Industry: A mini-Report

Clinical Trials, Pharma & Drug Development, Uncategorized
Introduction Data evaluating the costs associated with developing novel therapeutics within the pharmaceutical industry can be used to identify trends over time and can inform more accurate budgeting for future research projects. However, the cost to develop a drug therapeutic is difficult to accurately evaluate, resulting in varying estimates ranging from hundreds of millions to billions of US dollars between…
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