CDF Patient Advocate Introduction to Drug Development Understanding Check

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1.Please enter your contact information.(Required.)
2.How many clinical phases are there in therapeutics development?(Required.)
3.What does each clinical phase test?(Required.)
4.What types of studies are considered the “gold standard?”  Why?(Required.)
5.What is Epidemiology?(Required.)
6.An Efficacy Trial compares what?(Required.)
7.Dr. Adelman argues that the bar is getting higher for the development of therapeutics. Why does he believe that?(Required.)
8.List as many reasons as you can for why the drug process is slow. Which of these reasons protect the interests of patients? (Required.)
9.If patients are fully engaged in a research project might they offer input that could make the research process less expensive and/or more efficient? Is this possible without jeopardizing patient safety?(Required.)