Shipping Study Supplies Internationally: How to Avoid Customs Delays in these Five Challenging Countries Shipping study supplies internationally is a challenge, even for the experts. I have found In my 20+ years of global logistics experience that the shipping requirements of five countries consistently…
The Undeniable Truth Everyone is aware that patient enrollment is an issue. In a recent report from Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development on 150 global trials, it was discovered that 9 out of 10 studies eventually achieved enrollment goals, but that it…
In my last blog post, I wrote about findings from a first-of-its kind survey conducted by Imperial. We surveyed managers and directors of clinical operations, project managers, lead/senior CRAs, and patient recruitment specialists from sponsor companies, and ended up with a behind the scenes look…
Patient recruitment and enrollment are key contributors to delays in completion of clinical research trials. How do sponsors tackle their patient recruitment challenges? What priority are these challenges given internally? Imperial wanted to find out. We surveyed 160 line managers in clinical operations at sponsor…
The ESMO, European Society for Medical Oncologists, annual conference took place in Copenhagen over an extended weekend. I was fortunate to attend as a patient advocate which was quite an honor. There were over 20,000 delegates in attendance and just 150 European patients. Imperial CRS…