Early Clinical Trials Lack Diversity

Early clinical trials “tend to enroll relatively healthy white males but few children, women, minorities and older patients” — a disparity that can result in research that “ignores biological differences that cause people of varying ages, genders and ethnicities to react differently to therapies,” the Baltimore Sun reports. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Clinical Trials on November 20th, 2007