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The evidence gap

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Why digitally powered real-world evidence is the fix needed for our broken clinical trials system.

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Figure 1: Three influencers of response to therapy: biology, healthcare practices (HCPs) and behavior.

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  1. Vicki Seyfert-Margolis is at My Own Med, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, USA.,

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CEO and Founder of MyOwnMed, a company engaged in using its own software platform and digital tools for real-world evidence studies with academia and industry.

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Seyfert-Margolis, V. The evidence gap. Nat Biotechnol 36, 228–232 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.4097

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