CRO/Sponsor

As clinical research becomes increasingly digital, integrating rigorous cybersecurity assessments into CRO selection and qualification is essential to safeguard sensitive data and ensure trial integrity.

Modernizing Clinical Trials: A Site-Centered Roadmap for the Future Simplifying startup, empowering sites through networks, and adopting evidence-based site selection frameworks can address enrollment bottlenecks, reduce dropout, and strengthen trial efficiency across the research ecosystem.

In this video interview, Ananth Kadambi, VP of real-world evidence and modeling solutions at Certara, discusses how model-informed drug development can help sponsors predict efficacy and safety outcomes to align shorter trials with FDA expectations for overall survival.

Clinical trial enrollment and retention challenges, coupled with limited site resources, highlight the need for stronger site support, collaboration, and patient-centered trial models.

In this Q&A, Randa Wahid of Indero, and Lyn Mursalo, a freelance clinical research professional, share how sponsors and CROs can build collaborative partnerships, navigate global trial complexities, and apply practical strategies to deliver studies on time and with quality.

New guidance and technology advances are reshaping eClinical systems, positioning them as tools to accelerate enrollment, improve data quality, and reduce site and patient burden.

In this video interview, Adrianne Rivard, senior community development manager at myTomorrows, explains why unified, real-time trial platforms are essential for reducing physician burden and improving patient access to studies.

A new systems-based framework helps sponsors and CROs move beyond prediction to understand why site selection succeeds or fails, enabling targeted interventions that boost recruitment, data quality, and trial efficiency.

In this video interview, Sunny Kumar, MD, partner at Informed Ventures, explains how high upfront costs and limited proof of cost savings are slowing large-scale adoption of decentralized clinical trial models.

In this video interview, Caroline Potts, general manager of sites and patient services at Medical Research Network (MRN), explains why trial inclusivity requires shared responsibility across sponsors, CROs, sites, and advocacy groups.

Bringing some payment activities in-house while outsourcing others can help sponsors optimize clinical trial efficiency, reduce risks, and strengthen site relationships.

In this video interview, Luke Wilson, senior director, biotech, pharma services at Thermo Fisher Scientific, shares key strategies for maintaining operational alignment and compliance in decentralized trials including unified data platforms, aligned SOPs, and clear governance and escalation pathways between sponsors and supply chain partners.

In this video interview, Luke Wilson, senior director, biotech, pharma services at Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses how integrated systems and data transparency enable sponsors to meet evolving regulatory expectations and streamline FDA inspections through enhanced operational readiness.

As clinical trials become more complex, success depends on early collaboration, thoughtful protocol design, and practical strategies to manage risk, reduce delays, and support patients.

In this video interview, Luke Wilson, senior director, biotech, pharma services at Thermo Fisher Scientific, discusses how real-time data access is helping biotechs accelerate trial timelines, ensure patient safety, and gain greater oversight—especially through integrated CDMO and CRO partnerships.

In this video interview, Kate Gallin Heffernan, life sciences attorney at Epstein Becker Green, advises clinical research organizations to assess their portfolios, diversify funding sources, and strengthen industry-academic partnerships to maintain compliance and continuity amid shifting federal priorities.

Complete Response Letters recently issued by the FDA signal heightened scrutiny of trial design and reinforce the agency’s shifting regulatory expectations for sponsors and CROs.

In this video interview, Kate Gallin Heffernan, life sciences attorney at Epstein Becker Green, advises clinical research teams to closely scrutinize federal fund certifications and document good-faith compliance efforts, even when policies stem from nonbinding executive orders.

In this video interview, Kate Gallin Heffernan, life sciences attorney at Epstein Becker Green, explains how clinical research teams can accurately report on diversity-related grant work while minimizing exposure to False Claims Act scrutiny, by focusing on precise language and framing.

In this video interview, Kate Gallin Heffernan, life sciences attorney at Epstein Becker Green, outlines how even unenforced executive orders can influence federal funding decisions, prompting sponsors and sites to alter public trial messaging to avoid informal scrutiny.

In this video interview, Ramita Tandon, chief biopharma officer at Walgreens, offers practical insights for sponsors and CROs exploring partnerships with retail research sites, emphasizing collaboration, innovation, and shared accountability.

A new global report finds that clinical research teams are making progress but still lack the skills and tools needed to keep pace with growing trial complexity and emerging technologies.

In this video interview, Heather Horville, solutions consultant at Greenphire, emphasizes the growing need for clinical operations to embed patient-centric services—from consent through final visit—to improve retention and overall trial success.

Outdated regulations and inflexible sponsor processes are hampering clinical trial recruitment, but empowering sites with modern, compliant marketing tools could turn the tide.

In this video interview, Kyle McAllister, co-founder, CEO, Trially, shares real-world examples of AI transforming clinical trial recruitment.