CVS splash­es in­to clin­i­cal tri­al ser­vices, lean­ing on lo­cal roots to change the game in terms of pa­tient en­gage­ment

Imag­ine pick­ing up a gal­lon of milk and par­tic­i­pat­ing in a clin­i­cal tri­al while you’re at it.

That’s the fu­ture that CVS Health has dreamed up, and it could soon be a pos­si­bil­i­ty as the com­pa­ny rolls out its new clin­i­cal tri­al ser­vices. While not tech­ni­cal­ly a CRO, CVS Health plans to part­ner with them and drug­mak­ers to re­cruit pa­tients, run tri­als, and col­lect re­al-world da­ta.

“Our fo­cus is to give the pa­tient or po­ten­tial re­search par­tic­i­pant choice,” Owen Gar­rick, VP of con­duct and clin­i­cal tri­al ser­vices, told End­points News. “If we look at the as­sets and ca­pa­bil­i­ties and his­to­ry of CVS Health, we have the abil­i­ty to es­sen­tial­ly meet the pa­tient where they are.”

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