Highlights from the SCOPE Summit in Miami
The clinical trial technological landscape continues to morph, as we are starting to see the emergence of novel technologies and techniques to enhance clinical trial strategies and productivity.
PCORI Initiatives May Support More Drug Comparisons
PCORI is launching new programs that are expected to encourage more analysis of the effectiveness of specific drugs and medical products...
3 Key Steps for Building a Successful Research Billing Compliance Process
Building an accurate and consistent billing compliance process is a complex task.
New FDA Guidances to Inform Clinical Research
The FDA plans to issue numerous draft and final guidances in the coming months...
How Good is the EU for UK Pharma?
An insight into how EU membership impacts on medicines and pharmaceuticals has appeared from a British politician
Does Your CTMS Provide Effective Support? It Should.
There are a variety of CTMS applications on the marketplace today, and organizations sometimes have a hard time selecting the system that will work the best for them.
Waxman Retirement, Just the Tip of the Iceberg
The Washington health policy world is headed for a major shake-up next year, as more long-time leading legislators opt for retirement.
A Different Approach to CTMS
In order to manage critical clinical trial information, sponsors and CROs typically implement a strict data management structure...
CRO Market Size: Growth in a Flat R&D World
Those of us who have spent considerable time working in the CRO industry have our own version of a "constant" and that is constantly asking the same question: What is the size of the CRO market?
New Horizons in Research Funding for EU
The European Union has a new research program, but will it help, or hinder, clinical trials?
Nine Steps to Reaching Physician and Staff Schedule Success
Generating a complete schedule for a hospital department or specialty practice can be a highly complex process.
Who's Watching the Watchdogs?
The drug industry and drug regulatory authorities have been among the most conspicuous targets of this intense monitoring
CTMS Portals: Letting Organizations Create More Collaborative Clinical Trials
Collaboration is the way clinical research is moving.
The Future of Clinical Trial Subject Enrollment (Part II): Pharmacies
With increasing challenges surrounding clinical trial subject enrollment and engagement, the landscape of clinical trials continues to morph.
The Future of Clinical Trials: The Collaborative CTMS
Traditionally, clinical trial management systems have been designed as stand-alone applications for either research sites or for organizations
One Step Closer to New EU Clinical Trials Rules
To believe the European Parliament, the battle to create new clinical trials rules for the European Union is over.
FDA Gets More Funding
After two years in budget limbo, Congress finally enacted federal spending legislation for fiscal year 2014 last week, just before the latest funding extension ran out.
Data Disclosure and Transparency
The first conference I?ll attend this year is in two weeks in Philadelphia, on Data Disclosure and Transparency.
Strategies for Creating Strong Clinical Trial Risk-Based Assessments
Many biopharmaceutical enterprises and CROs are trying to establish solid risk assessment techniques and infrastructures to enhance clinical trial data quality, strategy, and reduce monitoring costs
Re-Branding "Risk-Based Monitoring" - A Call for "Targeted Site Quality Management"
With all of the buzz and excitement around risk-based monitoring, one might expect that the broad adoption of this emerging clinical research paradigm is well under way.
Effectively Managing Your Billing Compliance with a CTMS
Managing billing compliance is one of the most widely discussed topics in the clinical research community.
MCC Metric of the Month: Percentage of On-Time Equipment Shipments to Sites
MCC has 100 different metrics relating to clinical trials, from timeliness and cycle time metrics to quality, efficiency, and cost metrics.
FDA Approves Fewer New Drugs, but Acts Fast on Innovative Products
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration approved only 27 new molecular entities (NMEs) in 2013.
Time to Embrace Risk-Based Monitoring
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door to a new era of clinical trial management last summer when it released guidance for industry on clinical trial oversight and called for expanded use of risk-based monitoring.
Forte's Popular Topics in 2013 Include Workload Planning, Recruitment, More
With 2013 having come to a close and gearing up for a what's sure to be a fantastic 2014, it seems an appropriate time to reflect back on some of the most popular content of the year.
Are We Dismissing the "Business" Of Clinical Research?
Many of us concur that the biopharmaceutical industry is facing a crisis, and that the R&D process needs to transform entirely in order to address skyrocketing costs and minimal effectiveness.
Big Pharma's Second Life
Drug companies can get more out of their CRO partners by treating them less like avatars and more like equals, according to conference-goers at a CBI event in The Triangle.
Best of Blog: Most Read Stories of 2013
Our most read stories of 2013.
No Rapid European Turn-Round at the Turn of the Year
It is not only the specific issue of clinical trials rules that hangs in the balance as Europe shifts from 2013 to 2014.
Still Questions to Answer on Data Transparency
Although a broad compromise was reached in late December on the future shape of the European Union's clinical trials rules, there are still many details to be resolved.