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Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or cardiovascular cavity. A 2017 study reported that the number of people affected by this rare cancer is between 2,400 - 2,800 individuals per year in the United States alone.

Days before his sentencing for a criminal fraud conviction disgraced pharma entrepreneur Martin Shkreli has been ordered to forfeit $7.36 million.

According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), approximately 42% of life science professionals with doctorate degrees work in academia.

Significant risk remains for companies that cannot move quickly enough to positively impact R&D productivity and for those that encounter challenges in accessing technology and expertise that likely lie outside their organization.

For multiple perspectives on addressing this challenge, three respected individuals involved with the effort to bridge clinical research and clinical health care share their views.

For most biopharma sponsors, the crux of their challenge is how to identify an adequate number of evaluable patients to sufficiently power their late phase clinical research.