Clinical research associates are necessary to the contribution of every clinical trial study. Due to this, there are more clinical research associate educational programs that are making their way to the forefront. Additionally, it is only right that there will be more clinical research associate jobs that make their way to the surface. Clinical research associates either work directly for the research staff or clinical research associates are hired
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Red tape is hampering clinical trials in Canada and other countries, the Canadian Medical Association Journal says.
Clinical trials are used to test new drugs and surgical treatments against old ones, and to see whether an existing drug or treatment can
have other uses.
“There is no question that research participants need protection,” Dr. Paul Hébert, editor in chief, and his co-authors wrote in an editorial in Monday’s issue of the CMAJ.
“But regulations have grown so burdensome that they are overwhelming the very things they are meant to support and safeguard. Consequently, clinical research has been substantially decreased among industrialized countries.”
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