Category Clinical

Medical practice is based on preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, whose efficacy (benefits) and safety (absence of unwanted effects) must be proven through rigorous medical research. While pre-clinical research is medical research carried out in a laboratory, without direct patient involvement and is aimed at collecting preliminary safety and efficacy data, clinical research involves people in so called “clinical studies” and is aimed at evaluating efficacy and safety of therapeutic interventions in the clinical setting.