Observational research is core to drug development, helping researchers understand the natural history of diseases and the real-world impact of treatments on patients. Observational studies frequently ...

The pharmaceutical industry is facing growing pressure to make drug development more patient-focused. Traditionally, most observational research has been derived from clinical and payer data, but has ...

Where can observational studies be registered? An increasing number of clinical trial registries exist and, despite their names, some include observational studies ...

Comparative effectiveness research increasingly is being recognized as a priority area in cancer research. Although researchers have been conducting comparative effectiveness research for decades, ...

Observational studies are critical in evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of new therapies on patients’ lives. However, two major shifts are significantly changing the research ...

Nancy Dreyer, PhD, MPH, FISE, chief scientific advisor to Picnic Health, shares some of the ways that direct-to-patient approaches have improved observational research. Direct-to-patient approaches ...

Companies need a blend of quantitative and qualitative data for a comprehensive view of their customers. The purpose of observational research is to understand what people are doing. The purpose of ...