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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

AstraZeneca reviews diversity in trials to ensure drugs work for all

a medical workers injects a person's arm
Some claim a lack of diversity among volunteers in clinical trials may result in less effective drugs and medical equipment in certain groups. Photograph: Luke Dray/Getty Images

The pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is conducting a major review of diversity across its trials in an attempt to ensure its medicines work for all population groups, although it has admitted that including pregnant women is a particular challenge.

The head of oncology at Britain’s biggest drugmaker, David Fredrickson told the Guardian that the firm was among those leading efforts to improve participation of people of colour and other under-represented groups in clinical trials.

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