Diversity

Medidata has launched the Intelligent Trials Diversity Module to help improve the equity of clinical trials. The module will provide site-level participant demographic data including race, sex, age, and ethnicity.  The new Intelligent Trials Diversity Module will help sponsors identify sites that are more successful at enrolling diverse patients. This insight will help bring diversity […]

Across the drug discovery sector, we continuously witness evolution. Many would argue that both the ability and the willingness to adapt and experiment is what drives the industry forward, which was demonstrated on a global scale during the Covid-19 pandemic when empty buildings became laboratories and the global population became participants in one enormous clinical […]

The drug discovery sector is working to address cancer disparities. Anita Ramanathan examines the importance of inclusivity and diversity throughout the drug discovery and development process.  While the risk of cancer is universal, some groups are disproportionately affected by cancer compared to others. Disparities resulting from genetic, environmental, social, and economic factors increase cancer risks […]

Jessica Woodgate and Molly Edwards head up the drug discovery and development space at SciPro, life sciences recruitment. They are also the founders of the Women in Discovery’ round table.  “SciPro is a specialist life sciences recruitment organisation covering the market from bench to bedside, working from preclinical drug discovery and development to commercialisation and […]

In this article exclusive to the Drug Discovery World app, Reece Armstrong speaks to Anca Ciobanu, Consultant and Strategic Theme Lead at the Pistoia Alliance about its Women in STEM pilot programme and some of the barriers women face for progressing through the life sciences sector. The article touches upon the goal of the programme, […]

News round-up by DDW’s Reece Armstrong for 20-24 June. Covid-19 vaccine development and research, gene therapies for dementia and a ‘game-changing’ treatment for HIV are some of the themes of this week’s news round-up. Moderna to set up mRNA vaccine centre in UK  Pharmaceutical company Moderna is to set-up a manufacturing and research development centre […]

The Pistoia Alliance has appointed its first female President with Dr Becky Upton taking on the position, the organisation has announced.  Dr Upton will lead the not-the-profit’s strategy with a focus on areas of increasing importance such as data standards, diversity and inclusion, sustainability and precision medicine.  Dr Upton aims to continue the Pistoia Alliance’s […]

DDW’s Reece Armstrong speaks to Scott Gray, President & CEO of Clincierge about its unique approach to improving the clinical trial experience for patients.   For patients participating in a clinical trial, the experience can be one of considerable hardship, both from a perspective on their health and the impact on their everyday lives. Logistically demanding […]

During The Clear Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Life Sciences, an event at SLAS2022, SLAS CEO Vicki Loise announced a new scholarship aimed at increasing the diversity of the STEM workforce, in partnership with the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE).   The scholarship   With inaugural funding […]