National Academies Join Call For More Diversity In Trials

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued a new report on the urgent need for better representation of underrepresented populations in clinical trials and research.

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) is pushing the US government – including the US Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health – to do more to improve the representation of underrepresented populations in clinical trials.

With the support from the National Institutes of Health, NASEM produced a new report recommending “system-level actions” for improving...

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