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Investigative Site Investment, Preparedness, and Experience with Digital Solutions

A new global Tufts CSDD survey of 387 investigative site professionals reveals broad experience with digital and decentralized trial tools, growing site-driven technology investments, and strong support for remote data collection—while highlighting persistent burdens tied to fragmented systems, training demands, and financial strain.

Controlled Clinical Trials in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Winning Value Proposition

Persistent recruitment delays, high dropout rates, and missed timelines continue to slow global clinical trials, while data show that sub-Saharan Africa offers a largely untapped opportunity with established research capacity, large patient pools, and strong enrollment and retention performance.

Accelerating Breakthroughs with Synthetic Clinical Trial Data

The emergence of AI-powered simulants in improving study efficiency.

Future Proofing Your Outsourcing Strategy: How to Stay Agile in a Fast-Moving Clinical Trial Ecosystem

A blend of FSO and FSP models in the landscape of artificial intelligence can ensure CROs stay up to date with the unique demands of industry.

Utilizing Tech Tools to Accelerate Drug Development

In a decentralized, digitally enabled clinical trial environment, conventional approaches to data analysis are evolving as sponsors utilize technological tools in new ways to ensure compliance with global standards, mitigate risk, and bring life-changing therapies to patients faster.

Realtime Electronic Data Capture at Investigator Sites: Laboratory Data and Beyond

Reprioritizing DNA Damage Response: Leveraging Lessons Learned to Develop Next-Generation Inhibitors

Advancements in this field have the potential to transform cancer care and improve quality of life for patients.

Drug Repurposing Through AI-Driven In-Silico Clinical Trials

AI-driven discovery, EHR-based real-world evidence, and synthetic patient modeling are rapidly reshaping drug repurposing, reducing development timelines, expanding therapeutic applications, and accelerating regulatory acceptance of computational approaches.

Detecting Fraud in Clinical Trials Using Statistical Data Monitoring

Exploring stat-based testing for variables that identify deliberate data manipulation in clinical trials.

Language of Medicine: Translating Between German and English

The complexities behind these translations require specialized personnel who are nuanced in both medical cultures.

Putting Collective Insights Into Action to Advance Cancer Care: Key Examples From ASCO 2025

At ASCO 2025, clinical operations leaders gained critical insights into how AI tools, bispecific antibodies, and evolving treatment paradigms are reshaping trial design, endpoint selection, and patient stratification.

2025 Veeva R&D and Quality Summit: Effectively Utilizing Clinical Reference Data

Explore the challenges sponsors and CROs face in maintaining clinical reference data, uncover the hidden costs of traditional upkeep models, and see how integrated data solutions can streamline operations across the clinical ecosystem.

Harnessing Data Analytics and AI for Clinical Trials

Balancing these tools with operational efficiencies can aid CROs in meeting the evolving needs of sponsors.

Scaling eSource-Enabled Clinical Trials: Hospital Perspectives

The challenges, opportunities, and strategic outlook for oncology research centers.

Accelerating Breakthroughs with Synthetic Clinical Trial Data

The emergence of AI-powered simulants in improving study efficiency.

Q&A: Strategies for Successful Global Clinical Trial Delivery

In this Q&A, Randa Wahid of Indero, and Lyn Mursalo, a freelance clinical research professional, share how sponsors and CROs can build collaborative partnerships, navigate global trial complexities, and apply practical strategies to deliver studies on time and with quality.

Beyond Regulatory Intelligence: How an FSP PV Partner Helps Ensure Global Compliance

Support from these partners can aid drug and medical device developers in keeping up with the evolving regulatory landscape.

Exploring Perspectives of Fair Market Value in Clinical Trial Budgeting

As stakeholders debate fair market value in clinical trial budgeting, a new task force works to align sponsors, CROs, and sites on transparency, sustainability, and efficiency.

Setting the Limits of Autonomy with Autonomous Agents for Clinical Research

As pharma wrestles with whether to trust fully autonomous AI, semi-autonomous agents are emerging as a safer middle ground that reduces manual work, eliminates white space in clinical development, and accelerates trial timelines without compromising patient safety.

Collaborative Strategies for Technology Integration in Clinical Studies

Addressing data integrity and compliance concerns.

Addressing Bias at the Start of Research with AI

Strategic AI applications are helping life sciences teams overcome hidden bias, accelerate data discovery, and improve evidence integrity at the start of the pipeline.

Unlock Commercial Growth through Data-Driven Patient and HCP Insights

Leveraging data-driven patient and healthcare provider (HCP) insights, including social drivers of health (SDOH), is essential for life sciences companies to continuously improve patient engagement and commercial success. Mark Rodgers, AVP of Commercial Analytics at Inovalon, discusses how identifying treatment milestones, assessing HCP performance, and segmenting patient populations using SDOH data can drive targeted strategies that improve healthcare outcomes and market access

Putting Collective Insights Into Action to Advance Cancer Care: Key Examples From ASCO 2025

At ASCO 2025, clinical operations leaders gained critical insights into how AI tools, bispecific antibodies, and evolving treatment paradigms are reshaping trial design, endpoint selection, and patient stratification.

Benchmarking the Investigative Site Qualification Process

Insights identify opportunities to optimize sponsor, CRO, and site collaborations.

Scaling eSource-Enabled Clinical Trials: Hospital Perspectives

The challenges, opportunities, and strategic outlook for oncology research centers.

Realtime Electronic Data Capture at Investigator Sites: Laboratory Data and Beyond

KRI Overload: When More Isn’t Better

To maximize the impact of signal detection, KRI frameworks should follow a few guiding principles.

Investigative Site Investment, Preparedness, and Experience with Digital Solutions

A new global Tufts CSDD survey of 387 investigative site professionals reveals broad experience with digital and decentralized trial tools, growing site-driven technology investments, and strong support for remote data collection—while highlighting persistent burdens tied to fragmented systems, training demands, and financial strain.

Science is Moving—Clinical Trials Must Catch Up

The importance of applying past lessons to align clinical development with scientific advancement.