FDA issues long-awaited draft guidance for enrolling more people of color in clinical trials John Wilkerson By John Wilkerson June 26, 2024

https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/26/fda-guidance-diversity-clinical-trials/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9_3wniEQiMdVHVlO-qdxNXi7Bb-1MdG4sNlX8UCGpoROogBWjeWO9kK3KTlIwFrW8t0JJX4jG12olIdxMeaptRlMGhGA&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email How to fix the ‘fundamental flaws’ that underlie racial health inequity To eliminate the longstanding racial and ethnic health inequities that plague the U.S., Congress needs to provide affordable health insurance for all, federal agencies need to enforce existing laws against discrimination, and researchers need to improve collection of racial and ethnic data, according to a new report released yesterday by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. The report comes two decades after a groundbreaking 2003 report, also from NASEM, laid bare the realities of structural racism in health care: People of color receive worse treatment, regardless of factors like income or education. Unfortunately, not much has changed in the ensuing decades, the authors wrote, echoing findings from a 2022 investigation by STAT’s Usha Lee McFarling. Read more from Usha on the new report and the authors’ recommendations. (And speak of the devil, just yesterday the FDA issued draft guidance on enrolling more people of color in clinical trials.) (It is six months late.) National Academies proposes reimagining health care to fix ‘fundamental flaws’ that underlie inequity Usha Lee McFarling By Usha Lee McFarling June 26, 2024 https://www.statnews.com/2024/06/26/national-academies-report-ending-unequal-treatment-health-inequity/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-96GcEtY6ZxMxpw8YqYD2R5P09fEt64v-Ml7rXSi1GKv46x8NM7mETy_I9TwoASoBQwmToXbCfEZzLZIX36nR4rXQt8KQ&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email 20 years ago, a landmark report spotlighted systemic racism in medicine. Why has so little changed? Usha Lee McFarling By Usha Lee McFarling https://www.statnews.com/2022/02/23/landmark-report-systemic-racism-medicine-so-little-has-changed/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_hbYI19MMmiPgCOhm-AK1iv7ul9YLaueVD714Ot1ls0Q7t6-Wye6ST9dsKpQzmQcAAGJmlAIdOF4bT1UXNExgfs87d0g&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email Feb. 23, 2022