Applied Clinical Trials-08-01-2001

A public key infrastructure (PKI) can make it possible to securely exchange data on the Internet. This introduction will help you understand the issues in PKI implementation.

As the debate on clinical research policy continues, FDA is setting standards for pediatric studies and encouraging more sex-specific analysis of clinical data.

Readers share their experience

The EMEA updates its positions on placebos, Crohn?s disease trials, and postmarketing surveillance of drugs used by pregnant women.

Outsourcing and data-sharing technologies are creating virtual pharmaceutical companies. Soon, you may be only as good as your network.

Readers respond to articles and columnists

Maintaining minimum standards can compromise the quality of your data and the rights and safety of study subjects.

Sabritt recalls the challenge of building a data management organization from the ground up while striving to retain the pioneering spirit, flexibility, and rapid decision-making capabilities or a startup culture.

Are the virtual pharmaceutcal companies created by outsourcing and today's data-sharing technologies a sign of the industry's future direction?

Let's start taking "e" for granted and look instead at the features we really need in clinical technology applications.