Why Clinical Trials Matter

May 20, 2017 In #PtExp, Clinical Trial Awareness, Clinical Trials, Guest Post, International Clinical Trials Day By Janelle Bowden

Why Clinical Trials Matter to a Mum of Children with a Rare Disease

Today, May 20, is international clinical trials day - a time to celebrate all the stakeholders who oversee, fund, conduct, support and participate in clinical trials and create awareness about why clinical trials matter. [caption id="attachment_303" align="alignleft" width="220"] Photo by Ryan Clark - Clark Imagery (www.clarkimagery.com.au)[/caption] Just last...

July 7, 2016 In Clinical Trials, Guest Post By Janelle Bowden

If you don’t ask, you might not be told about clinical trials…Reina knows

I recently became acquainted with Reina Weiner (@helpapatient) via Twitter. We crossed paths and I learnt of Reina's interest in getting patients more engaged in their healthcare. I asked Reina if she would like to write a guest post to give her thoughts on 'Why Clinical...

May 19, 2016 In Clinical Trials, Guest Post, ICTD2016, International Clinical Trials Day By Janelle Bowden

A personal observation on cancer trial participants

I encourage people to email their thoughts if they would like to contribute to this project, but aren't on Twitter. I received the following note yesterday which I'd like to share with you (with the permission of the author)...

May 18, 2016 In Clinical Trials, Guest Post, ICTD2016, International Clinical Trials Day By Janelle Bowden

Clinical Trials: We Can’t Do Them Without You

I would like to thank Kelly McKee for preparing this guest post. Kelly is head of Eli Lilly's new patient outreach effort. You can learn more about Kelly here. I'd also like to thank Leigh Anne Naas at Lilly for seeing some value in #WhyClinicalTrialsMatter and allowing her...