The term real-world evidence (RWE) commonly applies to data generated in non-randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in a healthcare setting, which sometimes also covers patient socio-economic data and environmental data. Irrespective of the definition, RWE offers significant advantages over RCTs that have well documented limitations, despite being recognized as the gold standard for evidence-based medicine. Today, […]
Missing data are a big concern in any research project and are often unavoidable in spite of investigators’ best efforts. Missing outcomes have two effects: reduced precision and power, and bias. Also, the loss of precision is inevitable, except the possible use of the available data; e.g. to be sure not to exclude from the […]
Workshop title – “R WE Ready?” – “Real World Evidence” Methods! Organisers – Co-organised by Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) and ISPOR India-Mumbai Chapter Objectives – To enhance skill set of the professionals of the medical affairs community in area of real world evidence generation to create patient value Date – June 23, 2017 with ISPOR […]
We all want safe and effective medicines to reach patients as soon as possible, but as we know, drug development, market authorization and payer assessment are all slow sections of a long and drawn out journey for a drug. But what if patients could have access to medicines not just months earlier, but potentially 8 […]
