Use of data from registered clinical trials to identify gaps in health research and development

OBJECTIVE: To explore what can be learnt about the current composition of the "global landscape" of health research and development (R & D) from data on the World Health Organization's International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP). METHODS: A random 5% sample of the reco...

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Main Authors: Roderik F Viergever, Robert F Terry, Ghassan Karam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862013000600009&lng=en&tlng=en