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Virtual Clinical Trials Find Bigger Voice As COVID-19 Forces Pharma Rethink

Enforced Postponement Of Some Clinical Trials Has Compelled Therapy Developers To Seek Alternatives Routes

 
• By Ashley Yeo

The use of virtual, real-time and at-home testing to provide clinical trials data has been steadily gaining the interest of the health care industry. COVID-19 has put this opportunity into sharper focus, says CNS trials technology developer Cambridge Cognition, which is now adding a voice option to its portfolio.

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The adjustments to normal life and business practices brought about by COVID-19 have reached into every niche, the effects in some areas being more immediately obvious than in others. The consequences are potentially far-reaching for developers of modern health care solutions.

With the closing-off of some activities in the inpatient sector and the refocusing of hospital activity firmly on COVID-19 control...

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