Observational research is core to drug development, helping researchers understand the natural history of diseases and the real-world impact of treatments on patients. Observational studies frequently ...
Observational studies are critical in evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of new therapies on patients’ lives. However, two major shifts are significantly changing the research ...
Companies need a blend of quantitative and qualitative data for a comprehensive view of their customers. The purpose of observational research is to understand what people are doing. The purpose of ...
The pharmaceutical industry is facing growing pressure to make drug development more patient-focused. Traditionally, most observational research has been derived from clinical and payer data, but has ...
Comparative effectiveness research increasingly is being recognized as a priority area in cancer research. Although researchers have been conducting comparative effectiveness research for decades, ...
Aspirin Use and Colorectal Cancer Survival According to Tumor CD274 (Programmed Cell Death 1 Ligand 1) Expression Status ASCO believes that high-quality observational studies can advance ...
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: RACHAEL L. FLEURENCE, HUSEYIN NACI & JEROEN P. JANSEN Rachael Fleurence, Huseyin Naci, and Jeroen Jansen team up in this issue of Health Affairs to make the case that observational ...
Doctors, patients, and other decision makers need access to the best available clinical evidence, which can come from systematic reviews, experimental trials, and observational research. Despite ...
Nancy Dreyer, PhD, MPH, FISE, chief scientific advisor to Picnic Health, shares some of the ways that direct-to-patient approaches have improved observational research. Direct-to-patient approaches ...