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Right now the industry has a chance to reclaim its good name and recapture the public's respect for the power of what it can do.

Rethinking the current pharmaceutical model

A single, industry-wide standard could streamline the clinical trial information management process.

With outsourcing on the rise, it's time companies reevaluated the role of CROs.

CSR is in the best interest of the public at large...and the pharmaceutical company itself.

Effective strategies for ensuring the long-term integrity of specialized biological samples

What to look for when outsourcing cardiac safety studies, including a compatible business mindset.

Some companies may be stretching their ERP systems and squandering opportunities for productivity gains.

The European pharma industry struggles to regain its former prowess in R&D.

Wyeth's positive experience with partnerships is a good example of R&D progress for the industry.

A growing trend in the industry has many pharmaceutical companies looking to manage the changing mix of global clinical trial locations.

This Asian market holds great potential for the future, including possible collaborations with global pharma partners.

Much has been written about the staggering costs of drug development and how the low Phase III success rates across the pharma industry have contributed to these costs. While safety outcomes explain many failures during the early development phase and have likewise played a prominent role in some highly publicized product withdrawals, efficacy failures in Phase III have received little attention. What we now know, however, is that a significant number of Phase III failures are attributable neither to issues of safety nor product differentiation, but to an inability to confirm efficacy against placebo.

This innovative method increases flexibility, saves money, and supports the Critical Path Initiative.

Virtual tools and processes are a key way to decrease costs while increasing quality.

Addressing the health needs of host nations while guarding against subject exploitation and other pitfalls.

Achieving quality viral biomarker data from around the globe that measure up to standard protocol requirements

A high-quality medical infrastructure and low costs make South Africa--largely an untapped opportunity--an attractive alternative for conducting clinical trials.

Following more than two decades of growing involvement in nearly all aspects of drug development, full-service and niche-services contract research organizations (CROs) have become a common and integral part of most sponsor companies' clinical research teams.

What you need to know to save the bottom line...and your sanity.

Target Health and Infacare used a CRF database to answer all of FDA's questions.

A new paradigm that could transform a drug failure into a drug success would narrow the target population to those patients most likely to benefit from such treatment.

Certain clinical project metrics are heavily influenced by country-specific regulations or conditions, such as IEC review times.