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By Shawn M. Schmitt Communications Specialist, Enzyme If there’s anyone who understands the power of companies using real-world evidence (RWE) and real-world data (RWD) to support clinical development, it’s Craig Serra. Three years ago, Serra’s daughter was a mere 3 years of age when she was diagnosed with cancer. Serra was working in Global Development...

By Shawn M. Schmitt Communications Specialist, Enzyme Call it “proving by doing”: A former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official who led the effort to draft the US agency’s very first guidance document on real-world data says it’s imperative that pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers shake off concerns about using RWD to support new product...

By Shawn M. Schmitt Communications Specialist, Enzyme The widespread collection and use of real-world data (RWD) by pharmaceutical and MedTech manufacturers to support new product submissions is teetering on a tipping point in these industries, yet one expert and longtime RWD proponent says many companies are still gun-shy about presenting such data to a regulator’s...