Despite significant disruption and reprioritization of clinical trial activity during 2020 due to COVID-19, R&D activity levels remained at historically high levels, driven by new funding and strategic transactions, especially within oncology, according to a new research report Global Trends in R&D: Overview Through 2020 released by the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science.
Key highlights of the report include:
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