June 9th 2025
As stakeholders debate fair market value in clinical trial budgeting, a new task force works to align sponsors, CROs, and sites on transparency, sustainability, and efficiency.
FDA Outlines Updated Requirement for Placebo-Controlled Trials in Vaccine Research
May 21st 2025In an article recently published by The New England Journal of Medicine, FDA higher-ups Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH; and Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH, wrote that any new COVID-19 vaccine must now be evaluated in placebo-controlled studies.
The Importance of Clinical Trial Oversight when Outsourcing
April 25th 2025In this video interview, Rob Jones, product manager, TMF practice area, Pharmalex, shares his key takeaways from Cencora’s recent TMF Leadership Summit and touches on the importance of oversight when working with outside stakeholders.
2025 Rally for Rare: Bringing the Rare Disease Community Together
April 16th 2025In this video interview, Derek Ansel, vice president, therapeutic strategy lead, rare disease, Worldwide Clinical Trials, highlights the Rally for Rare event and how it succeeded in providing the community a space for collaboration and innovation.
Unique Challenges in Rare Disease Research
April 14th 2025In this video interview, Derek Ansel, vice president, therapeutic strategy lead, rare disease, Worldwide Clinical Trials, discusses the most prominent challenges he is seeing in the space right now including competing research priorities and finding endpoints.
A New Era for Sustainability in Clinical Research
April 9th 2025In this video interview, Thierry Escudier, portfolio lead, Pistoia Alliance, talks the current landscape of sustainability in clinical trials and how stakeholders are beginning to pay more attention to carbon footprint amid increasing protocol complexity.
Being Prepared for Regulatory Sustainability Requirements in Clinical Research
April 8th 2025In this video interview, Thierry Escudier, portfolio lead, Pistoia Alliance, highlights where regulatory agencies currently stand on sustainability in clinical trials and how pharma companies are looking to reduce their carbon footprint.
Addressing Current Regulatory Challenges with Diversity in Clinical Trials
March 31st 2025In this video interview, Craig Lipset, co-chair, Decentralized Trials & Research Alliance (DTRA), discusses how the current political climate is affecting diversity in clinical research and how diversity action plans may be impacted.
Vera Pomerantseva of eClinical Solutions Reacts to FDA’s Recent Protocol Deviations Guidance
February 25th 2025In this video interview, Pomerantseva, director of product management, RBQM, eClinical Solutions, discusses the new guidance and its level of detail on the different types of protocol deviations.
SCOPE Summit 2025: AI/ML’s Impact in Patient Care
February 17th 2025In an interview with ACT senior editor Andy Studna at SCOPE Summit, Rajneesh Patil, vice president, digital innovation, IQVIA, highlights the impact of artificial intelligence/machine learning in improving outcomes and maintaining safety with its implementation.