Let's talk medical research

More than 5 million people live with Alzheimer’s today. By 2050, that number could rise to as high as 16 million. Currently, there is not an effective treatment for Alzheimer’s symptoms or anything that slows or stops the disease. Researchers are also investigating what steps we can take to prevent the disease in the first place.

Lupus Research Alliance, a member of the Antidote partnership network, is dedicated to finding better treatments and ultimately preventing and curing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) by supporting medical research.

Today, we are pleased to announce a new partnership with the Lupus Research Alliance to help lupus patients and their loved ones find and understand their clinical trial options in a new way. Right now, there are more than 120 clinical studies for lupus, and they need more than 35,000 people to take part. It’s only by increasing the number of patients getting involved in research that we can ...

At Antidote, we’re all about people. We come to work each day to help people connect with medical research for a variety of conditions — and one of the key ways we do this is by working with our robust network of partners who believe in our shared mission to connect people with medical research. Our partners spend their days empowering patients, educating caregivers, advocating for research, and ...

MarlaJan Wexler of the Luck Fupus blog has an unbelievable health story. She’s a Philadelphia native who’s had more than her fair share of health issues – from a congenital heart defect to lupus to cancer – and yet, she remains a remarkably positive and upbeat advocate for patients. Today is World Lupus Day, and to recognize the difficulties of this invisible illness, and encourage all to raise ...

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

We're thrilled to announce that today, we've launched our new MS search with our partner, the MS Association of America. Now, MS patients and their care partners can visit the MSAA website to be matched to a clinical trial in seconds. Why is this important? To answer this question, we asked Jeri Burtchell, Director of Patient Initiatives at HealthiVibe, LLC, MS advocate, and clinical trials ...

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.