As I wrote in my last essay, real world evidence (RWE) generated from “big” real world data (RWD) is upending the hegemony of traditional randomized controlled trials and the evidence hierarchy. RWE is being used for epidemiological evidence to identify targets for drug development, for safety surveillance of approved medical products, for examining changes in patterns… Continue reading The Art of Progress
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Shattered Mirrors
Ibn Khaldun, the 15th century North African historian, wrote “the past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.” Implying that the patterns and lessons of the past are applicable to the present and can be applied to predict the future. Explanations and predictions are the outputs of science and the scientific… Continue reading Shattered Mirrors
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