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With PhRMA’s support, academic centers team up to tackle trial diversity

Yale, Morehouse and Vanderbilt launch Equitable Breakthroughs project to build community clinical trial site network

July 19, 2022 11:14 PM UTC

Yale, Morehouse and Vanderbilt are spearheading a grassroots initiative to overcome long-standing barriers that have prevented sponsors from decentralizing clinical studies and achieving trial diversity.

Supported by undisclosed grant funding from PhRMA, the Yale School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine’s Research Centers in Minority Institutions Coordinating Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have launched the Equitable Breakthroughs in Medicine Development initiative to enhance clinical trial diversity...