August Global News
Industry news tidbits from around the world.
- Quanticate, a UK-based CRO announced its expansion into the United States via new offices in Cambridge, MA. Earlier this year, the company announced its formation as the merger of two CROs: Statwood and Oxford Pharmaceutical Sciences. It has over 200 employees on three continents.
- Synergy Research Group (Moscow) and Metrics Research (Karachi, Pakistan) have established a CRO alliance. The Metrics' alliance extends Synergy's ability to offer global trial capabilities to sponsors. It already has alliances in Europe, India, the United States, and the Ukraine.
- Lombardia, Italy, is the recipient of a multiyear project to establish a Center of Excellence for Clinical Research. The Lombardia Ministry of Health chose the expertise of the Clinical Research Consortium of Massachusetts (CRCM), which was tapped by the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment (MOITI). Consortium members include BBK Worldwide, Court Square Group, Phase Forward, and Tufts Medical Center's Institute for Clinical Research & Health Policy Studies. CRCM members and MOITI are also pitching the Centers of Excellence for Clinical Research plan to three Latin American countries and two others in Europe.
- European Pharmaceutical Industry Association's (Brussels, Belgium) new Code of Practice went into effect, requiring each company to make publicly available a list of patient organizations to which it provides direct or indirect financial support, or significant nonfinancial support.
Including Women of Childbearing Age in Clinical Research
March 26th 2024In recognition of International Women's Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and Marie Teil, Global Head of UCB’s Women of Childbearing Age Program. They speak about the specific challenges women with chronic illnesses face when accessing appropriate treatment and participating in clinical trials, UCB's Women of Childbearing Age Program and it’s most successful strategies, and much more.
Improving Engagement While Maintaining Data Integrity & Validity
March 19th 2024In recognition of Women's Health Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and uMotif's Chief Product Officer, Julia Lakeland, discuss new technologies improving patient engagement and reducing the emotional and logistical burdens of participation, ethical considerations that should be addressed when implementing those technologies, while ensuring patient privacy, and much more.
