By Sabine Dreibe

Medical Device Clinical Trials vs Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials – What’s the Difference?

Clinical Trials, Med-Tech & Medical Device, Pharma & Drug Development
Medical devices and drugs share the same goal - to safely improve the health of patients. Despite this, substantial differences can be observed between the two. Principally, drugs interact with biochemical pathways in human bodies while medical devices can encompass a wide range of different actions and reactions, for example, heat, radiation (Taylor and Iglesias, 2009). Additionally, medical devices encompass…
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By Sarah Baker

Master Protocols for Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials, Pharma & Drug Development
Part 1: Basket & Umbrella Trial Designs Introduction As the clinical research landscape becomes ever more complex and interdisciplinary alongside an evolving genomic and biomolecular understanding of disease, the statistical design component that underpins this research must adapt to accommodate this. Accuracy of evidence and speed with which novel therapeutics are brought to market remain hurdles to be surmounted. While…
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