Clinical Research Agendas Get A Boost From Social Media
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Women who survived a rare cardiovascular event banded together online and approached Mayo Clinic investigators with a research agenda, and AstraZeneca is using a YouTube video to find Internet-savvy patients who might be reluctant to reach out about their condition.
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