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On January 23, 2013, the Department of Health and Humans Services (HHS) published the Omnibus Final Rule (Final Rule) as a modification to the "HIPAA Privacy, Security, Enforcement, and Breach Notification Rules under the HITECH Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008."

In the febrile atmosphere of Europe's debates on transparency, could there have been a worse moment for the recent allegations in the UK daily newspaper, The Guardian, that the drug industry is secretly pressuring patient associations to advocate restrictions on the release of clinical trial data?

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With all of the talk and emphasis on data and using technology and tools to determine better monitoring strategies, the other component becomes operational. What will companies do internally to manage a monitoring shift?

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Courtney McBean, president and co-founder of Blueprint Clinical, explained in Part 1 about what made her decide to start up a technology company that specifically addresses risk-based monitoring (RBM).

VirtualScopics, Inc., a leading provider of quantitative imaging, today announced that they have completed analysis of a greater than 10,000 scan Phase III breast cancer study one week ahead of the six week contract period of the study utilizing a recently launched 3rd generation analysis platform.

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There are significant challenges facing the pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) industries in relation to patient recruitment of clinical trials and the need to implement new strategies to finally overcome what has been called ‘the most difficult and challenging aspect of clinical trials.’

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As the attention on risk-based monitoring continues, more companies and sponsors are revealing their past and present strategies to address or improve this area of clinical trials.

Theorem Clinical Research and Emergo Group have formed a strategic relationship to provide global regulatory consulting services, including reimbursement consultation and in-country regulatory representation services, to the medical device and in vitro diagnostics community.