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Diabetes
Recommended Changes to Enhance Minority Involvement in Clinical Research
June 18th, 2007
The Endocrine Society recommends that Congress, federal agencies, and academia undertake major new initiatives to ensure effective, broad-based minority participation in clinical research. These efforts are essential to ensure that data from clinical trials represents and serves the broadest possible patient base. The recommendations, part of a White Paper developed by a special Society task force, were unveiled on June 2, 6:30 p.m., as part of The Endocrine Society’s 89th Annual Meeting in Toronto. “Recruiting minority and economically disadvantaged research volunteers is a perennial challenge,” said Dr. Maria Alexander-Bridges, Associate Professor...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-06-18)
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