Women Under-represented in UK Trials

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‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts

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Details of thousands of studies were collected by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the University of Liverpool .

UK is a hub for pioneering research, with one in eight trials testing humans for the first time.

But a review of the data by the Guardian found that women were significantly under-represented.

Both sexes were included in most trials ( 90% ), but male-only trials ( 6.1% ) were nearly twice as common as female-only studies ( 3.7% ) Pregnant and breastfeeding women were especially underrepresented.

MHRA working with trial sponsors, researchers and ethics committees to promote studies that better reflect’ the population.

Health minister Karin Smyth said the government was determined to make the UK a world leader in life sciences.

Science minister Lord Vallance said: “We must make sure that trials of new medicines are available to everyone to take part”.

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