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DESCRIPTION:Clinical trials and their findings provide the critical eviden
 ce base for evaluating the safety and efficacy of new medicines and medic
 al products. However\, the lack of diversity in clinical trials is a glob
 al health equity issue. Since COVID the inequities have been further magn
 ified and are harder to ignore – there is a great need to prioritise this
  and find sustainable solutions to health inequity.\n\nJoin Neera Chaudha
 ry\, President of Ketchum North America and a panel of independent expert
 s\, as they discuss the challenges around diversity and representation in
  Clinical trials\, including inherent and systemic causes\, health dispar
 ities\, community culture\, and education and how this impacts patient en
 gagement. Some of the issues that will be discussed include:\n\n\nWhat ar
 e the historical barriers to diverse recruitment in clinical trials and w
 hy is inclusion criteria and diverse representation more important than e
 ver?\nWhat are the challenges we face in engaging with diverse communitie
 s to ensure equal representation in clinical trials?\nHow important is co
 llaborating with community-based organisations to improve representation 
 and what is the call to action to better educate and inform to initiate c
 hange?\n\nRegistration and attendance is free via the following link: htt
 ps://www.ketchum.com/health-equity-clinical-trials-webinar-2022/.&nbsp\;\
 n\n\nWhen: 19th May 2022 at 5pm BST / 12pm EDT\nWhere: via Zoom virtually
 \n\nModerator:\n\n\nNeera Chaudhary\, President\, Ketchum North America\n
 \nPanellists:\n\n\nDr. Paula Wray\, Senior Manager NIHR Applied Research 
 Collaboration Oxford and Thames Valley\nJane Thurston\, Senior Patient Re
 cruitment Lead Patient Recruitment Strategy Group\, Parexel\nAsh&nbsp\;Ri
 shi\, CEO of COUCH Health &amp\; Demand Diversity\nWenora&nbsp\;Johnson \
 , Patient/Research Advocate\n\n&nbsp\;\n
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SUMMARY:Clinical trials and their findings provide the critical evidence b
 ase for evaluating the safety and efficacy of new medicines and medical p
 roducts....
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