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Research INKlings
October 2013
Research in Your Backyard: Economic Impact of Clinical Trials in South Carolina The report emphasizes that biopharmaceutical companies are a vital component to South Carolina’s economy and remain critical to patient health in the state.
Cancer Center. Wayne Roper, SCBIO president, made the closing remarks.
Congressman James Clyburn was a featured speaker at the conference, which took place inside the Drug Discovery Building of the James E. Clyburn Research Center. PhRMA Executive Vice President, Chip Davis served as host and facilitator for the Research in Your Backyard event.
Of the aforementioned clinical trials, nearly 1,700 have targeted the nation’s six most debilitating chronic diseases: asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, mental illnesses, and stroke. Nearly 300 clinical trials focusing on these six diseases are still actively recruiting patients, and all are helping to advance cutting-edge science and patient care in South Carolina.
“Ending health disparities has been a priority of my service in Congress, and I am committed to From 1999 to present, South Carolina’s any effort that helps to reduce those disparities,” biopharmaceutical companies are conducting said Rep. Clyburn. “Today’s report will hopefully or have conducted more than 3,200 clinical trials raise awareness about the value of participating of new medicines in collaboration with the state’s in clinical trials so more patients across South clinical research centers, university medical Carolina may share in the benefits and the hope schools and hospitals, including MUSC. these trials can provide.”
MUSC speakers included, Dr. Stephen Lanier, Associate Provost for Research, MUSC; Dr. Andrew S. Kraft, Hollings Cancer Center Director; Dr. Kathleen Brady, Director, South Carolina Clinical and Translational Research Institute (SCTR), Clinical Translational Science Award Principal Investigator; and Dr. Marvella E. Ford, Professor of Public Health Sciences, Hollings
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For more information on clinical trials in South Carolina, please visit the South Carolina Research Studies Directory at SCresearch.org.
Information provided by PhRMA