Riding In Cars With Researchers

You've heard me talk in the past about the ethical and scientific imperative to have diverse patient populations in clinical research. It is unethical and scientifically unsound to do research on white men and assume that the data is going to be the same in women or people of African descent or Asian descent or any other descent. There is an ethical and scientific imperative to have diverse patient populations. Well, in the era of COVID-19, the FDA said, “Hey industry, COVID-19 is affecting minority populations more than other populations. It is impacting the African-American or black community more than it is the white community. It is impacting the Hispanic, Latino community more than it is the white community. You absolutely must have diverse patient populations in order to seek FDA approval.”