May 20th marks International Clinical Trials Day, which celebrates and acknowledges the invaluable contribution clinical trials make to improving global health, including those Covid-19 research trials Barts Health have run this last year.
This week, Barts Health NHS Trust reached a significant milestone in the fight against Covid-19. Since the pandemic started, the Trust has recruited more than 10,000 participants across 34 different Covid-19 studies.
A new type of drug that helps target chemotherapy directly to cancer cells has been found to significantly increase survival of patients with the most common form of bladder cancer.