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In health care crises, researchers can avoid waiting for clinical trial results by using data from health care systems to analyze the effectiveness of treatments for COVID-19 and other illnesses.
Here’s why it’s taken so long to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus and what we can expect next.
Medicine works better when the treatments are tailored to fit each individual person’s biology and history. A first step is increasing diversity in clinical trials, but the end goal is precision medicine.
Despite technological advancements, many challenges remain in getting a drug from lab to pharmacy shelf. Reframing what is a “medicine” could expand treatment options for researchers and patients.
Overcoming the access barriers and biases that underrepresented and underserved communities face could not only improve research participation but also improve care.
In silico clinicial trials have the potential to speed up trials and cut costs.
What prompts healthy volunteers to take part in clinical research? And how are they protected?
According to a letter from Biden’s doctor, the president has a runny nose, mild fatigue and a slight cough. The letter also noted that Biden began taking an antiviral drug the morning he tested positive.
The COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against severe illness leading to hospitalization and death in all age groups, including children ages 5 to 11.
Existing coronavirus vaccines are not as effective against newer variants of the virus. Two vaccine experts explain how new vaccines currently in development will likely offer better protection.
Our study found a better way to treat eye problems in Indigenous communities – and some key considerations for undertaking culturally safe clinical trials.
Two Australians with bipolar have been successfully treated with poo transplants, allowing them to come off, or reduce, their medications. Here’s where the science is up to.
Drug development is a long and costly process that often ends in failure. Improving the way potential drug candidates are optimized could help boost success rates.
Vaccines and medical treatments can only go so far in an unequal society. Facing the ongoing history of racial discrimination and bias in the US would help end the pandemic.
For a number of reasons, as time goes on vaccines become less effective. So how do researchers calculate how well vaccines are working?
Emotive claims, like COVID vaccination being unethical or coercive, are more likely to be shared on social media. But we can fight back.
Regulatory loopholes for research conducted off US soil allow for questionable trials and misleading data to slip under the FDA’s radar.
A new study suggests the market alone will not deter or punish pharmaceutical companies whose products turn out to have adverse effects after they have been approved.
The path to using old drugs for COVID is full of potholes. So why are we using the same old flawed methods when we actually know what works?
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Associate Professor of the Sydney Pharmacy School, University of Sydney
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
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Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Epidemiologist, Cochrane
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Head of School and Dean of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Professor of medicine, epidemiology & biostatistics, and philosophy, Western University
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Professor of Immunology, RMIT University
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, AMREP Department of Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne & Senior Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care Physician, Melbourne Oncology Group, Cabrini Haematology and Oncology Centre, Wattletree Road, Malvern, Monash University
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Head, Cancer Research Program, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Medical Ethics and Law, St George's, University of London
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
