Economic realities are changing the way companies do business. One significant change is the growing numbers of freelancers in the clinical trials arena.
Automated eTMF solutions reduce costs, improve productivity, and enhance data management.
Emerging technologies are moving the industry closer to true IT solutions harmonization.
How a good plan and hot lunch can spell success for sponsors. Attention to detail can help boost dwindling subject enrollment and retention, saving both time and money.
A single, industry-wide standard could streamline the clinical trial information management process.
IVR systems can capitalize on exposure data and analyze adverse events much earlier.
Big pharma collaborates on routine audits and quality management of third-party service providers.
This article will focus on a case study example of a collaborative effort to share investigator, site, and study information across companies, and on the single data model that underpins it.
Increased cost concerns set the stage for health data to play a major role in drug development.
The Declaration of Helsinki requires that control groups receive the “best” current treatment, not the “local” one. This shift in wording has profound implications.
Increased cost concerns set the stage for health data to play a major role in drug development.
The right person can successfully promote proper management of quality and compliance, leading to desired clinical trial outcomes.
How using eDiaries in Phase II can increase power while reducing subject size and costs.
A review of important factors to consider before implementing the solution that will transform EDC.
John Vogel, clinical researcher turned consultant, is passionate about outsourcing. He believes that pharmaceutical companies can gain competitive advantages through drug development outsourcing.
Increased cost concerns set the stage for health data to play a major role in drug development.
MassBio president Dan McDonald discusses Massachusetts' bio industry and its ability to continually evolve despite the economic downturn.
A "can’t live with them, can’t live without them" attitude is revealed in survey of standard operating procedures in the management and conduct of clinical trials.
A collaborative model for increasing drug availability in resource-poor, disease-endemic countries
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A clearly defined set of performance measures is an integral part of the central laboratory selection and management process.
Global research in children affects industry and the trial environment.
John I. Gallin, Ed. (Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2002), 490 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0122740653, $99.95.
Rapid recruitment, potential cost savings, and investigative sites are just a few of the factors attracting sponsors to the region.
A system of checks and examinations that helps ensure the quality of clinical trials.
A clearly defined set of performance measures is an integral part of the central laboratory selection and management process.
Steady enrollment and optimal trial metrics can become reality with the right processes and tools.