Restoring enamel and patient confidence

Restoring confidence in the pharmaceutical industry.

LACK OF TRUST IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY threatens the future of biomedical research. Although more than half of funded clinical trials in the United States are supported by industry and many scientists, clinicians, and others in industry are committed to advancing biomedical science and improving the health of patients, there is a need to restore confidence in pharmaceutical companies and ...

Restoring Investor Confidence: Background on Recent Developments in Canada

Restoring intimacy to the physician-patient relationship.

A young woman came to see me a few days ago, a former patient now in her twenties. She will die soon; nothing can be done. We shared some recollections of the years when I was her pediatrician, and she expressed some regrets that she was to have no future. But she shed no tears. Still, I cannot forget her eyes staring into the distance as though searching for a way to cry. Momentarily, she smil...

Patient Support Program in Pharmacovigilance: Foster Patient Confidence and Compliance

The pharmaceutical companies are getting more inclined towards patient support programs (PSPs) which assist patients and/or healthcare professionals (HCPs) in more desirable disease management and cost-effective treatment. The utmost objective of these programs is patient care. The PSPs may include financial assistance to patients, medicine compliance programs, access to HCPs via phone or onlin...

Patient confidence in clinical trials.