With the globalization of clinical trials rapidly expanding, the industry’s practices are shifting. Despite the many tools and techniques available, patient recruitment around the globe continues to cause expensive delays in the majority of clinical trials. Here are 3 new-age tools for patient recruitment and …

As a young girl growing up on my family’s Minnesota dairy farm, my plastic ice cream pail held many types of eggs at the end of the day. One of my chores was to traipse all over our farm to scout out the location of …

DIA Annual Meeting 2014: A Review In the world of drug development, speed is a critical factor. Reducing development timelines can swing tens of millions of dollars from the cost to revenue column – or even more importantly – away from a competitor’s coffers. The …

DIA Annual Meeting: A Preview Team Imperial invites 2014 DIA attendees to get in the driver’s seat … literally … at the Imperial FSP Grand Prix in the race to win up to $3,000 toward a dream vacation. But beyond a shot at the grand prize, …

5 Secrets to Communicating with Clarity As a writer, I love words for their ability to inform, inspire, illustrate, and evoke emotions. Yet few things irk me more than verbosity, whether written or spoken. How many times have you sought usable information from a presentation, article …

“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease.” (Osler) This concept is simple – good healthcare workers and a good healthcare system will have more patients (thus more funding) than a bad healthcare system. The goal of …

Clinical development executives from across the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey area gathered April 23, 2014, in Malvern, PA, to share best practices, discuss challenges, and network with industry colleagues. The meeting took place as part of the nationwide Clinical Power Lunch (CPL) series sponsored …

Successful patient advertising requires more than a novel product, ample budget and strategic placement. It requires consumer insights and creative skills to engage, inform and inspire audiences to take action. Whether you’re creating a patient flier, study website or a full-fledged recruitment campaign, the following …

Risk share by definition means that each party puts something at risk. Oftentimes in the life-science industry there is one-sided risk and not a lot of sharing. Many companies try and establish standardized processes for risk sharing just to find out that study-specific nuances prevent …