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We've all heard them - the dreaded clinical trial myths.

It takes at least 10 years and $2.6 billion on average for a new treatment to become available for the general population, which means that it is a big deal when critical medical advancements are made.1 It also means it’s a big deal when we take steps towards those medical advancements, which is why we’re so excited about our new partnership with Lung Cancer Alliance (if you haven’t yet, make ...

1. Clinical trials are the only way that new drugs are tested to ensure that they are safe and that they work.

Last year on Clinical Trials Day, we took an in-depth look at the history of the clinical trial – a 269-year journey from a “like versus like” comparison test of citrus for scurvy to today’s randomized controlled trials. We’ve come a long way, but as we noted one year ago, there are miles to go. And we all need to play a part.

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Two hundred sixty-eight years ago, the sailors aboard the HMS Salisbury were facing a very real fear: scurvy, a disease that had claimed the lives of more than a million sailors, had appeared on their ship. It was thought that perhaps drinking orange and lemon juice might prevent the disease, but no one knew for sure how to stop the life-threatening illness.