Replacing Test Subjects With Computer Models Will Take Cooperation
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
More collaboration between device companies and with FDA will be needed to employ sophisticated "virtual patient" computer models to reduce the number of patients needed in clinical trials, says Medtronic statistician Tarek Haddad.
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