In clinical trials, compliance and good clinical practice are necessities to success, and patient safety is always paramount. Every detail is important, including the technical task of managing lot and expiry. Some think lot and expiry are important only when it comes to medication. Not so! Lot…
-
Business InsightsPatient Recruitment and Retention
Essential Tips for Enrolling in Rare Disease Clinical Trials
by Dan McDonaldby Dan McDonaldThe last decade has seen an explosion in rare disease clinical trials for therapies focused on these diseases. PhRMA reports that there are more than 700 orphan drugs currently in development or regulatory review. While rare diseases are rare in a singular sense, when combined,…
-
There is a popular saying: “It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” Correct, but that didn’t stop me from asking Imperial leadership for their thoughts on what we might see in the years to come. Balancing innovation and risk The COVID-19 pandemic has…
-
Business InsightsTranslation of Study Materials
Google Translate: The Unwitting Confidentiality Flaw
The Information Age has impacted a wide range of industries and workplaces. The translation industry has been no stranger to technological advancements, predominantly with the introduction and ever increasing use of machine translation. The most renowned translation software is Google Translate. Launched in April 2006,…
-
We in the clinical trials industry are a community made up of countless numbers of people from thousands of companies. Even among our competitors, we are one family, united in our roles in the in the day-to-day lives (health!) of men, women, and children everywhere.…