Applied Clinical Trials
Industry news focusing on the people and organizations who work in the clinical trials profession.
Graham Belgrave• As an active member of ICR (Bourne End, UK) for more than 20 years and a clinical research consultant for Ipsen Ltd (Slough, UK), Graham Belgrave has been recognized as the 100th ICR Chartered Scientist.
Megan Sturm
• Praxis (Nashville, TN) has added Megan Sturm to its staff as the new business development manager, where she will oversee the company's activities in its Northeast United States and Southern California areas.
Emma Clayton
• With more than 10 years of conference and exhibition management experience, Emma Clayton has become ICR's (Bourne End, UK) new conference project manager.
• Covance (Princeton, NJ) has made several executive appointments, including Glynis Neagle, MD, as vice president for medical affairs; Robert Bader, PharmD, as director for product safety services; and Thomas Noto as vice president for regulatory affairs.
Glynis Neagle
• Richard Walovitch is WorldCare's (Boston, MA) new chief medical officer. He will bring with him over 20 years of management experience in preclinical and clinical development for therapeutics and diagnostics.
• Hans-Georg Eichler, MD, senior medical officer for the EMEA, has become the first non-U.S. regulatory liaison to the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative Executive Committee. Dr. Eichler will fill the recently created nonvoting position.
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.