March 10, 2020

How Precision Medicine Is Changing Clinical Trials


Taylor Bennett
The Covance laboratories in Indianapolis. - Provided by Covance.

The Covance laboratories in Indianapolis.

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Clinical trials are used to determine whether new drugs, diagnostics or treatments are both safe and effective. WFYI’s Taylor Bennett talks to the head of medical affairs at Covance laboratories in Indianapolis, Dr. Anagh Vora, about how precision medicine is changing those trials.

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