WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — “Today the FDA strongly endorsed diversity in clinical trials as central to good science and drug safety.” said Dr. Jane L. Delgado, PhD, MS, President and CEO of the National Alliance for Hispanic Health, the nation’s leading Hispanic health advocacy group. “Now responsibility for making it happen is with clinical trial sponsors and FDA review boards. The guidance must be a part of any future COVID-19 vaccine or drug approval.”
“The FDA recommendations for incorporation of community-based participatory research and fostering community engagement early in the design of clinical trials are essential. Both industry and the FDA must demonstrate through their future actions that diversity is central to any clinical trial design and approval. The status quo should no longer be acceptable to anyone,” concluded Dr. Delgado.
Regulators authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for use in adults throughout the European Union on Friday, amid criticism the bloc is not moving fast enough to vaccinate its population.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As some conservatives in South Carolina celebrated getting a bill that would ban almost all abortions in the state past a legislative barrier and likely becoming law, they said they are not finished trying to end all abortions.
A Moscow court on Friday put the brother and several allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny under house arrest for two months as authorities sought to stymie more protests over the jailing of the top Kremlin foe.