Newsletter - August 12, 2021
Good Quality Real World Evidence is Hard to Come by
A report on a systematic analysis of the real world studies conducted with FDA-approved cancer drugs found that almost all such studies were of poor quality and hence led to erroneous conclusions. The list of challenges noted in the report are likely applicable to most real world data collected by researchers to...Read More
Vaccine Misinformation Highlights the Limits of FDA’s Powers
Despite more than half of the population fully vaccinated in the US, it is ironic that the vaccine misinformation has barely waned. A wide swath of population still believes scientifically implausible myths about the vaccines. It may seem disturbing that a large section of the population believes that Covid vaccines...Read More
Good Quality Real World Evidence is Hard to Come by
A report on a systematic analysis of the real world studies conducted with FDA-approved cancer drugs found that almost all such studies were of poor quality and hence led to erroneous conclusions. The list of challenges noted in the report are likely applicable to most real world data collected by researchers to...Read More
Vaccine Misinformation Highlights the Limits of FDA’s Powers
Despite more than half of the population fully vaccinated in the US, it is ironic that the vaccine misinformation has barely waned. A wide swath of population still believes scientifically implausible myths about the vaccines. It may seem disturbing that a large section of the population believes that Covid vaccines...Read More
