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  1. Medpace navigates choppy waters in Q1 2026 earnings

    Medpace sees more cancellations in Q1 2026, impacting drug trial growth. Company raises full-year outlook despite challenges. What happens next?

    #Medpace #DrugTrials #ClinicalResearch #Q1Earnings #Biotech

    newsletter.tf/medpace-q1-2026-

  2. Medpace's Q1 2026 saw higher order cancellations compared to previous periods, making future growth uncertain. The company has raised its full-year financial forecast.

    #Medpace #DrugTrials #ClinicalResearch #Q1Earnings #Biotech
    newsletter.tf/medpace-q1-2026-

  3. This episode is chilling. But important information, nonetheless.

    The human guinea pigs testing drugs for a living.

    "Thousands of Canadians make a living volunteering to test out new drugs in clinical trials, even if those drugs can have dangerous, unpredictable side-effects. Habiba Nosheen explores the ethical questions about that work in her new documentary, Bodies for Rent."

    Short episode from The Current, I hope you can hear it where you live.

    cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-

    #EllieKPosts #drugTrials #drugs

  4. "As was done with the successful metformin randomized trial shown to prevent Long Covid, participants were recruited digitally and sent the medication (be it active or placebo) via the mail. This is the concept of the direct-to-participant digitized clinical trial, at scale, through smartphone apps and websites, that my colleagues (especially Steven Steinhubl) and I introduced several years ago"
    erictopol.substack.com/p/long-
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    #LongCovid #fda #nih #DrugTrials #recover #NEISvoid

  5. #SpiderHead is a film from the Black Mirror school of screenwriting. It begins in a progressive correctional facility funded by drug trials. Experimental drugs auto-injected by remote control pods, only after explicit verbal consent from the subject. What could go wrong? It's dark, no question, but like Devs, it's a thoughtful psychological thriller played out in a near-future, sci fi scenario.

    #movies #SciFi #BlackMirror #DrugTrials #MedicalEthics