Improving clinical paediatric research and learning from COVID-19: recommendations by the Conect4Children expert advice group.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on multiple aspects of healthcare, but has also triggered new ways of working, stimulated novel approaches in clinical research and reinforced the value of previous innovations. Conect4children (c4c, www.conect4children.org ) is a large collaborative European network to facilitate the development of new medicines for paediatric populations, and is made up of 35 academic and 10 industry partners from 20 European countries, more than 50 third parties, and around 500 affiliated partners.

Methods

We summarise aspects of clinical research in paediatrics stimulated and reinforced by COVID-19 that the Conect4children group recommends regulators, sponsors, and investigators retain for the future, to enhance the efficiency

SUBMITTER: Ramanan AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8184051 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature