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Excelling in the JAPAC Medical Information Landscape: Key Considerations and Insights
As a rapidly expanding market, the Japan and Asia-Pacific (JAPAC) region presents a unique and complex landscape for those who are looking to establish a medical information (MI) function. Having a robust and compliant MI function is crucial to the success of the product lifecycle and demonstrates...
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Psychedelic Drug Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a draft guidance on the development of psychedelic drugs. There has been a growing interest in using psychedelics for the treatment of...
What You Need to Know About GxP Independent Compliance Audits, Part 1
In this post, we’re going to discuss the various types of GxP Compliance Audits, internal versus independent third-party audits. the role that independent auditors play in conducting compliance...
Patients typically go through the same thought process when they have been diagnosed. After the relief of knowing that their ailment was correctly diagnosed, most patients want to know the path back...
Clinical Trial Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Audits – Are you ready?
This article has been updated since it's original publication date. Good clinical practice (GCP) is an international ethical analysis and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, and...
FDA's Concern over Diethylene Glycol (DEG) and Ethylene Glycol (EG) Contamination
Recent contamination of several drug products in India resulting in fatalities have prompted a new FDA guidance entitled "Testing of Glycerin, Propylene Glycol, Maltitol Solution, Hydrogenated Starch...
Our "Meet the Expert" series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This "behind the curtain" view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...
Leveraging Veeva Vault’s TMF Bot & AI to Improve Quality and Consistency
The Trial Master File (TMF) allows an effective way to collect and manage study specific documents during a clinical trial. The TMF serves as a complete and accurate record of the trial's conduct,...
Why Decentralized Clinical Trials are the Future of Clinical Research
Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) have emerged as a transformative approach in clinical research, offering unique benefits that challenge the traditional models. However, deciding whether to...
Our "Meet the Expert" series introduces you to our team of experts around the world. This "behind the curtain" view will help you get to know who we are on a professional and personal level, and...
Understanding Statistical Intervals: Part 2 - Prediction Intervals
Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...
In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...
What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...
Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...
The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...
Formal FDA Meetings for Sponsors or Applications of PDUFA Products
This article has been updated since its original February 28, 2017 publication. Since the introduction of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VII for fiscal years 2023 - 2027, the FDA...