‘Concerning’ lack of female-only medical trials in UK, say health experts

Exclusive: doctors and patients forced to make decisions in vacuum of evidence' as women under-represented in data

Health experts are calling for more UK clinical trials to focus on finding new treatments for women, as concerning" data reveals they are severely under-represented, with 67% more male-only studies than female-only.

Details of thousands of studies were collected by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the University of Liverpool. The evidence shows the UK is a hub for pioneering research, with one in eight trials testing humans for the first time, and cutting-edge treatments such as gene therapies becoming a new growth area.