Becker's Healthcare November 18, 2021
Jackie Drees

National pharmacies, retail health clinics, physician practices and trial tech companies are emerging as significant disruptors to the traditional clinical trial delivery model, according to a November PwC report.

COVID-19 disrupted the process of conducting clinical trials at hospitals and academic medical centers, giving the biopharma industry a chance to accelerate delivery approaches through methods including local, at-home and virtual options.

These new entrants have access to larger numbers of patients; PwC’s Health Research Institute found that 67 percent of consumers said they are less likely to participate in a clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment if they had to travel outside of their local area to get to a trial site, according to the report.

“Increased access...

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