Number of people involved in National Institute for Health Research trials doubles in pandemic year
The huge effort put into rushing out clinical trials in response to the pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented number of people taking part in medical research supported by the National Institute for Health Research over the past year.
According to data released by the NIHR Clinical Research Network on 6 July, some 905,790 participants were recruited for 101 “urgent” Covid-19 studies between April 2020 and March 2021.