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Much of the growth that has taken place in the top tier of CROs in recent years has been in the acquisition of some of the smaller, more innovative companies, rather than an increase in the number of compounds under study.

An analysis of 10.2 million adverse report records filed with the FDA along with survey of 123 health professionals by Tufts CSDD, found voluntary adverse drug event (ADE) reporting in the United States is incomplete, inaccurate, and inefficient.

The world of RBM is continually changing as biopharmaceutical enterprises are dabbling into different approaches and methods. There are several outsourced models that exist, when approaching RBM, such as integrating cloud-based solutions to provide centralized monitoring teams with analytics, or fully outsourcing RBM functions and technologies to CROs.  However, some companies, such as Novartis, appear to be in-sourcing their RBM technologies and functions.