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Real-world data (RWD) overcame the COVID-19 restrictions placed on entering hospitals
The digital options of real-world data mean that you can still access the right patient population with the right study design RWD is on an…
COVID-19 pandemic catalyses real-world oncology data uptake
“By necessity, COVID-19 has pushed the cancer clinical trial community out of its comfort zone to rapidly deploy remote assessments and digital health technology, [prompting]…
FDA COVID-19: real-world evidence data collection
FDA search for evidence based insights from health records for COVID-19 Aetion applies big-data analytics to patients’ electronic health records to evaluate safety and effectiveness for…
Real-world data used to combat COVID-19
Monitoring data on hospitals’ utilisation and capacity rates: location and number of licensed beds, staffed beds, ICU beds, and total bed utilisation rates Plan for…
FDA turned to real-world evidence in the fight against COVID-19
“Within the context of COVID-19, we’ve got this urgency to learn what we can as soon as we can, and that means that we need…
Favipiravir delivers positive patient outcomes in COVID-19
“Zhang Xinmin, an official at China’s science and technology ministry, said favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, had produced encouraging outcomes in clinical trials…
Real-world data show that filters clean COVID-causing virus from air
The results suggest that air filters could be used to reduce the risk of patients and medical staff contracting SARS-CoV-2 in hospitals, the study’s authors…
Real-world evidence shows effectiveness of COVID-19 contact tracing app
The study, assessing the effectiveness of the Spanish DCT app, Radar COVID, used a simulated series of COVID-19 infections in the Canary Islands to understand…
Industry leaders praise real-world evidence (RWE) in COVID-19 pandemic
Scott Gottlieb, Former Commissioner of the FDA has pointed out several ways RWE was utilised during the COVID-19 pandemic: Post-market data collection: RWE will provide…
AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines effective against Delta variant
The study found that the effectiveness of BNT162b2 [Pfizer-BioNTech] and ChAd0x1 [Oxford-AstraZeneca] against any infections (new PCR positives) and infections with symptoms or high viral…