How the COVID-19 pandemic is changing clinical trial conduct and driving innovation in bioanalysis

M Anderson | Bioanalysis, 13(15), 1195-1203 (2021) Keywords: • at-home sampling • clinical trial model • COVID-19 • patient-centric Thousands of clinical trials all over the world were stopped, disrupted or delayed while countries grappled to contain the pandemic and research resources were redeployed. The long-term effects of the turbulence caused by the pandemic have yet to be fully understood, but it should already be clear that the increased focus on participant needs and on the logistical challenges of current models are not likely to fade away quickly. This disruption is opening doors for rethinking traditional approaches to clinical trial...