All Sites Benchmark
January 26, 2010
The drug development industry has spun its wheels for years, trying to come up with universal metrics to measure speed and efficiency. But metrics that accurately measure quality in a trial? No one has attempted that yet.
Until now. The Metrics Champion Consortium (MCC), a non-profit collaborative effort of sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs) and vendors, was…more...
Our How-To
January 12, 2010
Wondering what the FDA's special protocol assessments (SPAs) are all about, but too afraid to ask? Last year's Drug Information Association's (DIA) 45th annual meeting was especially helpful, as representatives of Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and the FDA's Office of New Drugs within the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) presented on the topic.
An SPA,…more...
Industry Survey
September 29, 2009
What's to become of the contract research organization (CRO) industry while the economy attempts to right itself? According to a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, there's good news: the CRO industry will likely keep growing. In the current climate, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are unlikely to invest in in-house capabilities to conduct their own clinical trials,…more...
Go East Young Man
May 04, 2009
It may not be quite as revealing as the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Or as heavily mathematical as the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But the members of the 2009 ClinPage Master Providers list do have a few qualities in common. We're announcing the list today, and will have two additional stories.
In aggregate, the dozen companies on…more...
Biometrics Specialists
Quanticate In U.S.
Quanticate is raising its U.S. profile and considering acquisitions.
Webinar, New Guidance
EDC Is Dead? Long Live EHRs?
Thoughts on a potentially transformative alternative to EDC, the electronic health record (EHR).
A Quickening Process
Trials Thriving In Brazil
This emerging market just got more competitive with some new, potentially exciting regulatory changes. The first in a series.
Magic Pen
Kayentis: Back to The Future
From France, a hybrid system that uses special paper and a scanner-pen to gather clinical data.
100 Languages Spoken Here
Profile: Global Language Solutions
With ISO certification, a California firm tries to lower regulatory risks inherent in translation by ensuring high quality—and avoiding mistakes.
PharmaNet Outlook Down
S&P On CRO Industry
PharmaNet was downgraded from stable to negative by Standard and Poor’s, thanks to $60 million in lost contracts.
Fewer, Smarter Trials
TrialStat’s SRS For Systematic Reviews
Though not widely used in industry, the systematic review could help it use resources more efficiently.
