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With the introduction of mobile health technologies in the field of healthcare, Sponsors and CROs are looking into mHealth to design patient centric clinical trials in order to reduce study visit costs and trial participation burden on patients.

The Society for Clinical Research Sites (SCRS) announced a two-year collaboration with Myoderm, a sourcing, distribution, and management of comparator drugs and other pharmaceutical products and supplies for clinical research organization.

Research from MediciGlobal shows that patients who actively sought clinical trial involvement through its online recruitment model had a 38% lower relative risk of drop out across four studies compared to those who were recruited by sites, with divergence across visits.

Lexicon early on established an expanded access trial for those who screen-failed that would collect long-term safety data.

Altman has been instrumental in the development of “truly robust guidelines for the reporting of clinical trials and wider clinical research studies”.

Medidata announced the completion of an open-source connector linking Apple® ResearchKitTM with its Medidata Clinical Cloud® platform.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has updated its rules on declarations of interests for scientific committee members and experts.

The ACRES' Accountable Research Blog is being piloted in the San Antonio, Texas market, and is projected to be extended to other Hearst media markets, both domestically and internationally.

There is nothing more disappointing for a pharmaceutical company than to place its bets on a specific molecule/compound in its pipeline and invest billions of dollars in development, only to have the drug fail in late phase trials.

The application of personal device technology in the health care space continues to evolve, fed by the development of health-related consumer products and services by segments of industry traditionally not focused on health

As clinical trials continue to grow in complexity, tolerance for the growing variance between forecasted and actual clinical trial costs is shrinking.

The SCRS Site Scholarship Program awards membership to qualifying sites striving for excellence in clinical research who are not current or previous SCRS members.

Every trial starts with a budget, and a clinical trial study start-up process that can be fraught with delays. From contract negotiations, to managing a trial for a sponsor, to streamlining study start-up process, this eBook seeks to instruct others on best practices.

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PHT announced it has selected the Hewlett Packard (HP) ElitePad 1000 G2 with Windows 8.1 for its SitePad® System.

In the debate over patient-centric considerations in cancer care, one main focus has been the choice of proper endpoints for clinical trials.