Applied Clinical Trials-11-01-2010

SURVEY : 2010 Salary & Satisfaction Survey CRO/SPONSOR : Mergers and Acquisitions Prevalent in Pharma LABS : Discordance Between BICR Readers Also in this issue : $500 Million a Year Earmarked for Disease Research, EMA Addresses Possible Conflicts of Interest, Investigative Sites in Financial Trouble, Suicide Risk Monitoring

eC-SSRS can serve as an effective approach to meeting the pending FDA regulations.

Updates on influenza vaccines.

Organizations are seeking growth and competitive advantage through mergers and acquistions.

Understanding the causes and implementing processes to mitigate preventable sources of discordance.

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Some believe that the medical evidence base is distorted by missing clinical trial data.

The European Medicines Agency responds to concerns over conflict of interest and openness.

Why investigative sites are at financial risk and how it may effect sponsors and CROs.

Applied Clinical Trials partnered with CenterWatch on the biennial review of compensation and fulfillment.

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

PCORI, methods panel to set policies for comparing drugs and medical products and practices.

Protocol complexity, as measured by the number of unique procedures and their frequency and the number of subject eligibility criteria, has risen dramatically in comparisons of protocol characteristics between two time periods, 2000-2003 and 2004-2007.