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The promise of real-world data: what are we missing?

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By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 14.08.2025 (Oncology Republic): The real-world data space is increasingly recognising the value of qualitative data that captures patient-specific values and experiences. It can help researchers and policy makers develop better ways for disease prevention and cure, and enhance quality of care, but to harness its value, there is a need for stronger infrastructure, governance, and interoperability frameworks.

A recent New England Journal of Medicine Perspective by former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and colleagues highlights the growing significance of real-world data (RWD) in clinical research, regulatory decisions, and health system improvement. Despite its promise, major barriers, including fragmented data systems, variable quality, and limited linkage between real-world evidence (RWE) and clinical decision-making, restrict its full potential, they say.

Sallie Pearson, Professor of Health Systems and director of NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Medicines Intelligence at UNSW said RWD had the potential to be a reliable complement to randomised controlled trials.

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Post-pandemic Asia Pacific lags on climate SDG – UN

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Impacts of COVID-19, climate change and human-made crises have further disadvantaged vulnerable groups, including rural populations, poorer households, women and people with severe disabilities, says a UN report. Tai O fishing village on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Photo Credit: © Neena Bhandari

By Neena Bhandari

Sydney, 25.03.2022 (SciDev.Net): The Asia Pacific region has significantly regressed on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets related to climate action and responsible consumption and production, moving the region further away from the 2030 goalpost, according to a UN report.

The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’s (ESCAP) 2022 Asia-Pacific SDG Progress Report, launched on 17 March, notes that inequality in the region has widened due to impacts of COVID-19, climate change and human-made crises. It says vulnerable groups, including women, rural populations, poorer households and people with severe disabilities, have been disadvantaged the most as a result.

“The sole focus on economic recovery post-pandemic is likely to hinder progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, which was already lagging to begin with,” Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, UN Under-Secretary-General and ESCAP’s executive secretary, tells SciDev.Net. “As the region strives to build back better and recover, the 2030 Agenda can serve as a guiding mechanism for both economic and social development”.

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