ARTICLE | Product Development
It's high time to invest in educating patients about R&D
Guest commentary: Meeting the need for patient input in R&D will require investment in patient education
April 10, 2020 9:39 PM UTC
Updated on Apr 11, 2020 at 2:35 AM UTC
With clinical studies being postponed or interrupted amid a global pandemic, it might be tempting to press pause on patient engagement. That would be a mistake.
Instead, drug sponsors should seize the opportunity to invest in building capacity for patients to engage in R&D, so when the pandemic ebbs and the R&D engine re-engages, companies’ limited research dollars can go further...