Private equity firms have moved aggressively into the healthcare industry’s more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials.
After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine like surgery centers and dermatology practices private equity firms have moved aggressively into the industry’s more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials. To bring a new drug to market, the FDA requires pharmaceutical
After finding success investing in the more obviously lucrative corners of American medicine like surgery centers and dermatology practices private equity firms have moved aggressively into the industry's more hidden niches: They are pouring billions into the business of clinical drug trials.
VERIFY: Yes, text message offering to get paid to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trial is real Cheryl Mercedes
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There’s a text message going around asking people if they are interested in getting paid to participate in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. Someone thought it sounded too good to be true. So, they asked the VERIFY team to check it out.
The text reads, “Interested in a paid COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial?” There’s a telephone number and email to contact someone at Centex Studies.
Our source for this is Dr. Joe Pouzar, principal investigator at Centex Studies, a clinical research network in Texas and Louisiana that conducts clinical trials on various conditions including Alzheimer s, diabetes, endometriosis and most recently, the COVID-19 vaccine. He tells the VERIFY team, the company is reaching out to potential participants through text message.