March 24th 2025
Survey from the Site Council gathered insights from its members on the quality of site coordinator work.
March 14th 2025
Addressing data integrity and compliance concerns.
March 11th 2025
This year’s conference highlighted a number of critical areas in clinical R&D including financial management, representation, and eCOA.
February 11th 2025
Examining those technology-supported areas that sponsors, CROs, and sites consider the most valuable.
February 10th 2025
Insights identify opportunities to optimize sponsor, CRO, and site collaborations.
Imaging Sites and Clinical Trial Harmony
How imaging CROs minimize data variability in multisite studies and create the necessary consistency.
Laying with the Lions
Big pharma collaborates on routine audits and quality management of third-party service providers.
From Cradle to Grave
Tracking the life cycle of a drug is a complex process that early planning and IVR technology can help ease.
HemoBioTech Engages CRO to Facilitate Clinical Study in India of its Human Blood Substitute, HemoTech
Under the Hood: EDC
New alternatives for e-clinical and data management. As EDC becomes more widely used in clinical trials, sponsors are not limited to one option but rather can choose different routes to optimize EDC efficiency.
EDC Progress Steady for Europe and Asia
EDC is being embraced by both continents, where its efficiency is welcomed despite a few kinks.
Data Integration: Past & Future
Emerging technologies are moving the industry closer to true IT solutions harmonization.
CRO Shifts in the Outsourcing Market
A new study from Tufts highlights employee and fiscal growth in the industry from 2002 to 2005.
Industry Trials Poised to Win Back Academia
After parting ways in the late 90s, academic medical centers are revisiting industry-sponsored clinical trials.
The Business Behind Technology Choices
Business needs and the processes built to support them are the driving force behind sound technological decisions.
Promoting Clinical Trials in Japan
Launched in 2003, the LCN Project calls for more studies and an improved trial infrastructure.
India: Give or Take?
With its vast pool of patients and well-trained, English-speaking investigators, what exists to take advantage of in this research-rich country is clear. What needs to be given back, however, is not so clear. Despite the uncertainty, one thing seems evident: Responsibility is key to giving back.
Beyond Blockbusters
While not a panacea, pharmacogenomics is still a valuable trial tool that can make the recruitment process more efficient and eliminate the high costs associated with late-stage product failure.
Reverse Auctions: Crusade or Curse?
In this Web-based strategy, suppliers bid "down" prices for the privilege to sell their products and services. Is big pharma sold?
Hitching a Ride with the Speed Demons of Drug Development
Generalizing fastest drug development strategies and practices.
Building Your Clinical IT Team
Key screening, training, and communications techniques for putting together a strong staff.
Project Leadership: Getting It Right
A review of the essential requirements for good project leaders and the crucial role they must play.
The EDC Decision
Boehringer International implemented a holistic approach to electronic data capture, boosting quality and efficiency.
Drug Development on Rails: Part Two
Using a template both accelerates a project's timeline and infuses it with best practices.
Building Research Capacity into Drug Development
A collaborative model for increasing drug availability in resource-poor, disease-endemic countries
Drug Development on Rails
A project plan based on a fully integrated template can position senior management's expectations to minimize surprises.
Cleaning Up Pharma's Reputation
Right now the industry has a chance to reclaim its good name and recapture the public's respect for the power of what it can do.
Improvement Through Change
Rethinking the current pharmaceutical model
CDISC Standards: Enabling Reuse Without Rework
A single, industry-wide standard could streamline the clinical trial information management process.
Insights from Today's CRO Renaissance
With outsourcing on the rise, it's time companies reevaluated the role of CROs.
Why Corporate Social Responsibility Makes Sense
CSR is in the best interest of the public at large...and the pharmaceutical company itself.
Precedents for Good Storage Practice
Effective strategies for ensuring the long-term integrity of specialized biological samples
Finding the Right Core ECG Laboratory
What to look for when outsourcing cardiac safety studies, including a compatible business mindset.
Is ERP the Key to Supply Chain Success?
Some companies may be stretching their ERP systems and squandering opportunities for productivity gains.