Ensuring Black Lives Matter in Drug Development

William E Fitzsimmons^{1

2

3}, Clara Okorie-Awé⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
² Tutela Pharmaceuticals Inc, Vernon Hills, IL, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
³ , Vernon Hills, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
⁴ Diversity and Inclusion, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.

William E Fitzsimmons et al. Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2021 Jan.

. 2021 Jan;55(1):245-246.

doi: 10.1007/s43441-020-00232-1. Epub 2020 Oct 22.

William E Fitzsimmons^{1

2

3}, Clara Okorie-Awé⁴

¹ Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
² Tutela Pharmaceuticals Inc, Vernon Hills, IL, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
³ , Vernon Hills, USA. wfitzsim@uic.edu.
⁴ Diversity and Inclusion, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no financial interest in relation to this Letter.

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