The importance of clinical trials

The importance of clinical trials

40 years ago, almost no child diagnosed with leukaemia survived. Now it’s the opposite in that almost all of them are cured and that’s thanks to research and clinical trials. Without clinical trials, there is no scientific progress and without scientific progress,...
From God to guide

From God to guide

What happens when we take patients seriously? Travelling around the world and listening to the stories of patients, I had to think of a wonderful video from neurologist Bas Bloem: From God to guide which talks about the relationship between patients and their doctors....
New drugs are not enough

New drugs are not enough

Drug repositioning in oncology Drug repositioning refers to the concept of discovering novel clinical benefits of drugs that are already known for their use treating other diseases. The advantages of this are that several important drug characteristics are already...