People and Business News
The latest business and people happenings, and COVID-19 response, from around the industry.
People News
PRISYM ID has made changes to its senior leadership team. Life sciences and technology veteran Richard Adams has joined as Chief Executive Officer, and Lauren Patterson has been appointed Chief Financial Officer.
Advarra announced the appointment of Gadi Saarony as Chief Executive Officer.
MMS Holdings Inc. announced the addition of Kelly Vaillant as Director, Global Transparency Strategy and Compliance.
Business News
SGS Clinical Pharmacology Unit
SGS is supporting ZNA Stuivenberg Hospital, Antwerp in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by offering the use of its Clinical Pharmacology Unit, within the hospital, equipped with 88 beds. SGS has also donated Personal Protective Equipment, including 1,100 masks and 21,000 gloves.
WCG is providing access to a web resource, WCG COVID-19 Patient Insights Resource Center, dedicated to representing the voice, perspective, and needs of patients and study participants in clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BioIVT announced the opening of its new blood donor center on the Tufts University campus in Medford, MA to support academic and pharmaceutical researchers involved in COVID-19, cell and gene therapy research.
Sharp Clinical has confirmed that it is involved in supporting six clinical trials related to COVID-19.
Syneos Health, supported by the Association of Clinical Research Organizations, has announced a volunteer program to enable clinically qualified employees to address the UK government’s call for volunteers to support COVID-19 testing.
CROMSOURCE announced that it has initiated its first COVID-19 trial on behalf of a European pharmaceutical company.
Recognition
PPD, Inc. has been named by IDG’s CIO as a 2020 CIO 100 Awards honoree.
TrialScope’s “Real Patient Stories: The Trials of Finding Clinical Trials,” has won a Silver award in the WEGO Health Patient-Choice Awards for Most Authentic Use of Patients in a Marketing Campaign.
Driving Diversity with the Integrated Research Model
October 16th 2024Ashley Moultrie, CCRP, senior director, DEI & community engagement, Javara discusses current trends and challenges with achieving greater diversity in clinical trials, how integrated research organizations are bringing care directly to patients, and more.
AI in Clinical Trials: A Long, But Promising Road Ahead
May 29th 2024Stephen Pyke, chief clinical data and digital officer, Parexel, discusses how AI can be used in clinical trials to streamline operational processes, the importance of collaboration and data sharing in advancing the use of technology, and more.
The Rise of Predictive Engagement Tools in Clinical Trials
November 22nd 2024Patient attrition can be a significant barrier to the success of a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Today, with the help of AI-powered predictive engagement tools, clinical study managers are finding ways to proactively reduce attrition rates in RCTs, and increase the effectiveness of their trial. In this guide, we look at the role AI-powered patient engagement tools play in clinical research, from the problems they’re being used to solve to the areas and indications in which they’re being deployed.
