Philip Ward

ACRES has unveiled a scheme to create an integrated information-management platform designed to support clinical research worldwide.

ECRIN is encouraging all clinical researchers to get involved in International Clinical Trials' Day.

For any Brit involved in medical publishing, The BMJ is the holy grail.

The so-called n-of-1 trial provides data on individual responses to treatment options...

The MRC Clinical Trials Unit at University College London has won the top research prize at the 2014 BMJ Awards

EFGCP is organizing an interactive workshop intended to develop practical strategies and approaches for risk management and risk-based monitoring in clinical trials

DIA China has appointed biopharmaceutical executive Haijun (Lou) Dong, PhD, as its managing director.

The elderly is the fastest-growing segment of the global population, but only a few of their treatments have been clinically tested in age-appropriate patients

An independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board has completed the successful review of the safety data of the Phase IIb clinical trial of TNF-Kinoid in rheumatoid arthritis

Medesis Pharma has signed a collaboration agreement with the French Commission for Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies

A public-private research initiative between GSK, the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute aims to harness the power of "big data" and genome sequencing to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines.

The global orphan drugs market presents many opportunities for new drug development...

Medis Research Group has been joined by ONKODATAMED GmbH in a bid to consolidate the group's position as an oncology trial specialist...

KCR has opened new offices in London and Berlin, and is now turning its attention to France.

Dennis Gillings, PhD, Executive Chairman of Quintiles, has been appointed the first world dementia envoy.

The newly formed ABIVAX is now working with the Cuban Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology to develop therapeutic vaccines and antivirals.

Children with cancer are being denied new drugs because European Union rules are allowing companies to conduct trials on certain drugs only in adults, according to experts from The Institute of Cancer Research in London.

The DIA has announced that its early registration fee reduction for next month's EuroMeeting will end on Tuesday February 11.

Devoting time to work on "correctable weaknesses" of research design will pay off in the long run.

The Belgian Association of Clinical Research Professionals has presented its European outstanding leadership award

The Drug Information Association has posted 13 new video clips

The complex legal, regulatory, financial, and organizational requirements are not widely known...

Further details about the 17th International Conference on Pharmaceutical Medicine (ICPM 2014) have been unveiled.

Salaries in the U.K. life sciences sector are static, but the range of non-monetary benefits being offered to staff is improving fast, according to a new salary survey.

The EMA announced the possibility of a delay of their much-awaited guidance on trial data due to the unprecedented response received during public consultation.

The European Forum for Good Clinical Practice has a vital role to play in bringing together all stakeholders to work out how to discharge their responsibilities in the framework of the clinical trial protocol for the protection of each consenting participant

The lack of accurate and extensive data about the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of drugs in pregnancy has restricted the treatment of pregnant women and contributed to an underlying health problem over the past 20 years, according to an editorial published in the June issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).

Treatment networks and network meta-analysis of randomized trials can boost understanding of how much evidence is available for each treatment and treatment comparison.