💡 Did you know that a clinical trial for a new drug today can cost $500K per patient?! In 2010: ~$100K Why? Partly b/c many drugs are incremental advances and “you need larger numbers of patients to demonstrate those very small new benefits.” 2/4 🧵 ht
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The cost of conducting a clinical trial for a drug is rising like mercury on a summer afternoon, a trend that researchers say is hampering the development of new medicines and is bad news. Read how the rise in clinical trial costs worry researchers. http
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@4tis Fresh wind in RCT design might suit #homeopathy: http://t.co/03nu9DCP Cost key issue: fund quality #research! http://t.co/yis5f9Ad