Tag: patient engagement

Medical and Regulatory Affairs

Learning to Listen: Voice of the Patient Grows Louder in Product Development

Days before Christmas 2017, a nationwide call went out requesting nominations of patients and caregivers to join a new public/private-sponsored Patient Engagement Collaborative. Among the promised duties for this yet-to-be-filled body of 16 patient community representatives: Propose new collaboration models in which patients and patient advocates are partners in healthcare product development and U.S. Food...

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Involving Children, Adolescents, and Parents in Pediatric Drug Development

Actively seeking the involvement of pediatric patients and their parents throughout the life cycle of a clinical trial can help drive recruitment, retention, patient satisfaction, and, ultimately, the success of the study. Involving children in clinical research has long been a sensitive topic associated with several ethical dilemmas and operational challenges. There is now a...