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Diaries and journals have been popular throughout history. From children to the elderly, people have used this very powerful - and private - means of self-expression to put their innermost thoughts and feelings down on paper; some for catharsis and others for posterity. Those of Marie Curie (radioactivity), Jonas Salk (Polio vaccine) and James Watson and Francis Crick (DNA), among others, have improved and extended the very existence of mankind. When making their first diary entry, however, it is unlikely that any of them knew it would potentially revolutionise their world or that of their progeny. The same holds true today within the realm of pharmaceutical research.
Today, many pharmaceutical and biotech companies utilise various forms of patient diaries in their clinical drug studies as a means of collecting invaluable endpoint data needed to bring new drugs to market more quickly, while ensuring the drugs' efficacy and overall safety to humans. However, it takes many people and a multitude of diary entries to achieve that end result. |
