Despite the fact that a growing number of developers and CROs have now had three to five years of experience with these strategic relationships, speed and efficiency improvements and cost savings remain the exception.
"Despite the fact that a growing number of developers and CROs have now had three to five years of experience with these strategic relationships, speed and efficiency improvements and cost savings remain the exception," said Ken Getz, associate professor and director of sponsored research at Tufts CSDD in response to its most recent management report. And while strategic relationships between drug developers and contract research organizations(CROs) are generating innovative approaches to clinical trial design and execution, Getz added, "Old habits are slow to change and most drug developers are supporting practices that prevent them from integrating their strategic relationships and leveraging the value of these important collaborative models."
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