Examining the Impact of Real-World Evidence on Medical Product Development: Proceedings of a Workshop Series

by Board on Health Sciences Policy, Forum on Drug Discovery Development and Translation, Health and Medicine Division, et al.

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have traditionally served as the gold standard for generating evidence about medical interventions. However, RCTs have inherent limitations and may not reflect the use of medical products in the real world. Additionally, RCTs are expensive, time consuming, and cannot answer all questions about a product or intervention. Evidence generated from real-world use, such as real-world evidence (RWE) may provide valuable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030948829X
• ISBN13: 9780309488297
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 230 Pages