FDA Finalizes First of Four PFDD Industry Guidances By Marina Ness, MA On June 16th, the FDA released the final version of “Patient-Focused Drug Development: Collecting Comprehensive and Representative Input.” This document, referred to as Guidance 1, advises industry on methodologies they can use to collect patient input that will be considered [...]
How has the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted Chronically Ill Patients? Patient Reported Outcomes By Kathleen Hoffman, PhD, MSPH Research in health and medicine has largely used quantitative methods. Using mixed methods, combining qualitative research with quantitative, is still relatively new. As the COVID-19 pandemic moved the world home and online, our team of [...]
Qualitative analysis informs all of Inspire’s research offerings: An Inspire Engage case study By Monica St. Claire "Where is the understanding we have lost in knowledge?” ~T. S. Eliot 1 Inspire’s research team approaches all its work by first becoming immersed in patients’ and caregivers’ “in-the-moment” sense-making. The tool they use, [...]
