As Dr. Sackett noted in his commentary, Canada is far behind the US, Japan and Europe in
biochemistry, biological sciences, preclinical studies and anatomy. 5 Rather than limiting …

trials (including Canadian ones) can't occur without bench research (especially Canadian).
But doesn't his assertion overlook about 35 000 surgical, educational and health care trials …

We are glad to hear that the World Health Organization (WHO) has conducted an
emergency meeting to establish new control centres to contain the spread of Ebola in West …

In response to the growing gap between discovery and the optimal application of medical
advancements to health care delivery, countries the world over have developed large and …

If not finished, then academia's love affair with industry-sponsored trials in the United States
is certainly cooling. According to CenterWatch, the independent clinical trials monitor …

This overview of the landscape of Canadian clinical trials, along with a historical primer
(page 23), is the first in a series of articles CMAJ will present this year on the state of clinical …

Very few treatments tested in pre-clinical studies make their way into clinical trials—of 5000
compounds tested in animals, approximately 5 will show enough promise in human trials for …

• The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), preferably with the creation of a new
agency or vice-presidential position for human applied research, should increase funding for …

The space between the potential benefit of a medical research project and real improvement
in a clinical setting is sometimes closer to a gulf than a gap. If actual patients are to actually …