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Clinical Research: Phase 1 - Phase 4

Neuropathic Pain: What It Is, How It’s Diagnosed, How It’s Treated

Between 7 and 10 percent of the U.S. population suffers from some type of neuropathic pain, and a significant share of those affected require chronic pain treatment.[1] This high rate of occurrence makes our limited understanding of these afflictions, and the long search for effective treatments, all the more frustrating. Treating neuropathic pain starts with...

Clinical Trials in Rare Diseases: Every Patient Counts

In many rare and ultra-rare disease studies, sponsors do not have the luxury of choosing the countries or sites where the study will be conducted. Instead, they must use the sites where those patients are already being treated, regardless of geography. Additional protocol criteria – such as treatment-naïve patients or general prevalence of a disease...