Applied Clinical Trials-04-01-2011

GLOBAL TRIALS : Trials in the Middle East and North Africa Historical Overview: United Kingdom Trials KKS Network Increases Output in Germany Also in this issue : Presidential Panel Considers Tighter Rules, European Union Provides Guidance, Natural Language Processing, Reducing Costs Through Technology

Industry news focusing on the people and organizations who work in the clinical trials profession.

Conducting clinical research in the East brings a new group of challenges to sponsors

The founding of the KKSN has helped Germany increase its clinical trial output.

Improvements in image acquisition and read quality: A look at the value of standardization in oncology trials.

The perennial sponsor complaint: "Outsourcing costs too much." The perennial CRO response: "If you didn't assign so much internal resource to manage us, it would be cheaper."

Presidential panel to examine need for tighter rules governing US and foreign clinical trials.

Natural language processing could change the way we interpret documents and data.

The Middle East and North Africa region has seen a recent increase in clinical trials research.

Clinical trials may benefit from new "app" technology.

Better access to information vastly improves the decision-making process.

Updates on Alzheimer's disease.

Cover

The current initiatives and a historical overview of the clinical trial landscape.

Challenges facing IBD clinical trials.

March marked a busy month for the UE with guidance updates and the launch of new medicine research.

Natural language processing could change the way we interpret documents and data.