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The Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta – Community Health Committee: a valuable partner for research success
The Health Research Ethics Board of Alberta - Community Health Committee (HREBA-CHC) provides tremendous value for community-based research organizations in Alberta. Over the past four years, Medlior’s Calgary-based research team has conducted ten industry-sponsored Real World Evidence studies, with an increasing rate of research requests year-on-year. The timeliness of the...
Medlior Publications
Explore a list of all of Medlior's recent publications including recent Medlior evidence generation publications and recent Medlior RWE publications.
Cowling T, Loshak H. An Overview of Liquid Biopsy for Screening and Early Detection of Cancer. Ottawa: CADTH; 2019 Nov. (CADTH Issues in Emerging Health Technologies; Issue). Read more. Cowling...
Case Study: Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
Medlior’s RWE study examining the treatment landscape and clinical outcomes for patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Alberta
Introduction
Medlior Health Outcomes Research Ltd. was engaged by Amgen Inc., one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies, to examine the treatment landscape and clinical outcomes for patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases...
Network Meta-Analysis of First-line treatments for non-small cell lung cancer – ISPOR 2020
Medlior presented exciting new results from a network meta-analysis (NMA) project sponsored by Pfizer Inc., at the Virtual ISPOR 2020 Annual Meeting. This poster presentation compared the effects of first-line treatments for non-small cell lung (NSCLC). A brief overview of the presentation is provided below – click HERE for the...
EAHAD 2020: Haemophilia-A SLR Project
Haemophilia-A (HA) is a congenital x‐linked bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), occurring in approximately one in every 5000 male live births. HA is currently without a cure and therefore requires life-long monitoring and treatment of potentially life‐threatening bleeding events. Existing treatments for the...
DLBCL Environmental Scan
Understanding and identifying the unmet need of aggressive B-cell lymphomas is critical for positioning new therapies
Aggressive B-cell lymphomas are a subset of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) that encompass a number of neoplasms that include both precursor lymphoid neoplasms and mature B-cell neoplasms, such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), primary...
Case Study: Multiple Myeloma
Medlior Health Outcomes Research was engaged by Celgene Canada (now a subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company) to examine the treatment landscape for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and the effects of lenalidomide (REVLMID®) as an immunomodulatory imide drug for both newly-diagnosed MM patients and relapsed/refractory MM patients.
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Lipid-lowering Therapy Patterns and Low-density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol Management Among Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction in Alberta, Canada
Medlior’s presentation focuses on a real-world evidence study sponsored by Amgen Inc. examining the management of patients with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Alberta, Canada. AMI is a leader in disease burden and death worldwide. In order to combat AMI, modifiable factors that lower cholesterol, specifically low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C)...
Canadian real-world evidence on epidemiology, outcomes and economics of moderate-to-severe osteoarthritis
A systematic literature review
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic joint disease that leads to a loss of articular cartilage, resulting in painful bone-on-bone contact. Females have a higher risk of developing OA compared to males, and obese individuals are three times more likely to develop OA. Currently, the population...
Coronavirus background and key questions
As the COVID-19 virus spreads, world governments implement control strategies
This article is about an emerging and rapidly evolving public health crisis. Case and death counts change daily. If you’re interested in learning the very latest information please consult the World Health Organization or your local governing body.
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