ICON Launches Medical Device & Diagnostics Research Group

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.

In this episode of the Applied Clinical Trials Podcast, David Nickerson, head of clinical quality management at EMD Serono; and Arlene Lee, director of product management, data quality & risk management solutions at Medidata, discuss the newest ICH E6(R3) GCP guidelines as well as how TransCelerate and ACRO have partnered to help stakeholders better acclimate to these guidelines.

When drug developers choose the right outsourcing strategies in clinical research, they can gain significant benefits in terms of quality, efficiency, and operational success. In its third annual Functional Service Provider (FSP) Trends Report, Thermo Fisher Scientific’s clinical research business—PPD—gathered insights from 150 global biotech and pharma leaders to determine how FSP models help sponsors address common industry obstacles.

New data from the IRAKLIA and IZALCO trials, presented at the 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting, demonstrate that subcutaneous Sarclisa delivered via an on-body delivery system offers non-inferior efficacy to IV infusion in patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, while significantly reducing infusion-related reactions and improving patient satisfaction.

Results from the Phase Ib/II CARTITUDE-1 trial demonstrated that a single infusion of Carvykti delivered durable, treatment-free remissions for at least five years in a third of patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma.