Determining safe yet effective drug dosages for children is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceutical companies and medical doctors alike. A new drug is usually first tested on adults, and results from these trials are used to select doses for pediatric trials. The underlying assumption is typically that children are like adults, just smaller, which often […]
It might not be too big of a surprise to those toiling in the clinical trial fields, but a new study confirms what many probably suspected already: Trials are getting more complex. Increasing complexity of clinical trials targeting cancer—including use of more sophisticated scientific designs, larger global scope, and greater focus on highly targeted patient […]
