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Monthly Archives: October 2009
The Real Risk is in Debating a REMs
After attending CBI’s conference on registries and post approval studies this past September it became apparent to me during the session, “Appropriate Communication of Post-Approval Studies While Assessing and Managing Safety Risks,” that industry is becoming very in tune with the REMs wave heading their way and they’re not too sure how to handle it.
Though [...]
Helping Families Decide for their Children
Over a year ago, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) launched this Web site for the public to learn more about clinical research in children. Since the October 6, 2008 launch, the site has had more than 75,000 visitors, who spend on average 11 minutes on the site. This is a long time [...]
Posted in Sites Tagged children, NHLBI, participation, patient/subject recruitment, pediatric trials Leave a comment
Putting a Face on Recruitment
Beyond what could easily be described as a numbers business where days equal dollars and data determines financial life or death is you. And me, him, and her. Without us, clinical research couldn’t exist.
But as obvious as this fact is, it’s easy to forget some days. It’s also easy to forget about the people who [...]
Posted in Sites Tagged Kaye Spector, patient recruitment, subject recruitment, trial recruitment 1 Comment
Make Your Volunteers Feel a Bit More Special
Everybody knows that clinical trials wouldn’t exist without volunteers, but it seems that industry doesn’t always make much effort to create a good first impression on potential subjects.
As an experiment, I contacted several UK specialist recruitment companies during the week of 12 October. I found their names via a Google search, typing in the phrase [...]
Researching vs Marketing in Emerging Regions
To test or not to test in a region you do not intend to market in, that is the question.
Emerging regions are targeted for clinical research because of their notability to have more responsive patient populations and cheaper resources, but this does not necessarily translate into a favorable market for drug sales. This contradiction leads [...]
Posted in CRO/Sponsor Tagged Africa, emerging region, marketing, Merck, pharmaceutical sales, unethical Leave a comment
PPD Exec Speaks to CRO Technology Changes
Yesterday, Jim Streeter, executive director, technology and implementation, Global Technical Operations, presented a comprehensive look at the changing IT needs for the CRO industry.
In a Webinar sponsored by Oracle, and available here for on-demand viewing, Streeter discussed how CROs are taking on the IT investment that sponsors have shed, and in fact need offer multiple vendors’ [...]
Using Social Media to Your Benefit
It is true that the Internet has shaken the ground for many professionals: Politicians’ trails of money are publicly visible, bloggers have emerged as questionable journalists, and the details of every clinical trial are gathered in a single database for all to see.
Now, however, with the level of interactivity soaring to new heights as sites [...]
Boss of Scottish CRO Reveals Trade Secrets
It’s difficult and dangerous to generalize about any professional group, but the clinical trials community certainly does not suffer from a shortage of fascinating and varied personalities. That’s what helps keep everyone at ACT hooked on a daily basis.
Take the case of Rabinder Buttar, PhD, president and chief executive officer of ClinTec, the CRO based [...]
Was it Mr. Mouse in the Lab with the Poison?