Clinical trials play an important role in helping to ensure new drugs can be discovered, tested for safety and efficacy, and ultimately make their way onto the market. Over a million people took part in clinical trials during 2022/23, with over 6,000 studies taking place. Understanding important factors like who is eligible for clinical trials can help you determine if you can contribute to the advancement of the medical industry.
What are clinical trials?
A clinical trial is a type of medical study that tests the use of a pharmaceutical drug, medical device or other advancement in the healthcare industry on human participants. There are different kinds of clinical trials. The goal is usually to get more data regarding how safe a drug, procedure or device is, as well as to determine its efficacy, especially compared to what’s already available. These trials play a really important part in the medical industry.
hVIVO plc (formerly Open Orphan plc), led by Cathal Friel, is a rapidly growing specialist contract research organisation (CRO) and the world leader in testing infectious and respiratory disease vaccines and antivirals using human challenge clinical trials, providing end-to-end early clinical development services for its broad and long-standing client base of biopharma companies.
