{"id":1963,"date":"2020-06-02T15:39:21","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thornrun.com\/covid-19-and-the-threat-to-clinical-trials\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T16:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T16:58:21","slug":"covid-19-and-the-threat-to-clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thornrun.com\/covid-19-and-the-threat-to-clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 and the Threat to Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><em>TRP partners Beau Schuyler and Andrew Rosenberg have identified a little-discussed downstream consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2013 the impact on clinical trials and the potential for disruption or cancellation of important drug discovery programs absent federal action.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As the world struggles with the <em>immediate<\/em> health and economic havoc caused by COVID-19, forward-looking policy makers would be wise to anticipate and mitigate some of the <em>longer-term<\/em> damage being done to the public health. And while the pandemic is certain to affect global health in a variety of unexpected ways, one predictable outcome that we are already witnessing is COVID\u2019s highly deleterious impact on the search for unrelated cures in the form of large-scale clinical trial disruption.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>During the past several months, an increasing number of health care journalists and biopharma executives have highlighted how drug manufacturers are delaying the start of new clinical trials, and that current trials are taking longer and proving more difficult to complete. Of course, the reasons for these disruptions are very understandable: stay-at-home orders, new hospital guidelines, patient concerns about exposure to COVID-19 at the point of care, and the logistical challenges associated with traveling to trial locations.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>While most experts expect drug innovators to find ways to continue the majority of currently planned clinical trials, the financial impact of these delays and complications could be catastrophic to some programs, especially those aimed at curing rare and pediatric diseases where the endeavor\u2019s financial footing is weakest. This dynamic, coupled with the resulting reduction in a new product\u2019s patent life, looms particularly daunting for venture-backed, upstart companies looking to launch their first product. For patients and parents praying for new therapies, this could mean crushing disappointment in the form of canceled or delayed trials or even entire drug development programs. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Policymakers and healthcare professionals are rightly prioritizing the immediate crisis in front of us. However, as the nation begins to reopen and political leaders start the process of addressing unmet future needs, we should ensure the protection of our innovation pipeline by ensuring that COVID-19 doesn\u2019t eviscerate the economics of a generation of promising new medicines.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRP partners Beau Schuyler and Andrew Rosenberg have identified a little-discussed downstream consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic \u2013 the impact on clinical trials and the potential for disruption or cancellation of important drug discovery programs absent federal action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 and the Threat to Clinical Trials - 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