Can clinical trials really “fail”?

Every so often, clinical tries are said to ‘fail’, but can the trial actually fail? According to John Lechleiter, President and CEO of Eli Lilly and Company, “a clinical trial is a failure only if we can’t learn from it.” He believes that no matter how a clinical...

FDA: Using EHR-EDC for clinical trials?

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been looking into ways to test Electric Health Record (EHR)-to-Electric Data Capture (EDC) approach for clinical trials. The administration believes that this could open up new opportunities for clinical trials through...

New smartphone apps helping patients participate in clinical trials

In March, Apple Inc. introduced ResearchKit, a platform where its users can track personal health data and participate in health studies using their smartphone. Some of the apps include mPower used for Parkinson’s disease, My Heart Counts for cardiovascular disease,...