|  | Key considerations for running rare oncology trials. Recruiting patients with specific biomarkers and genetic characteristics can be difficult for any clinical trial, even more so, for rare oncology trials. Join Synteract’s oncology and rare experts as they tackle these challenges in our next webinar, Rare Cancers: Special Considerations for Complex Clinical Studies. |
Featured Story | By Nick Paul Taylor A randomized phase 2 clinical trial has found convalescent plasma has no effect on progression to severe disease or all-cause mortality in COVID-19 patients. The data raise significant doubts about the efficacy of an intervention that has been given to more than 100,000 people in the U.S. read more |
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