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Optimizing Clinical Trials: Balancing Patient Experience and Commercial Outcomes with Concierge Services

As therapies for rare diseases evolve, clinical trials increasingly require patient -centric care to ensure a smooth and supportive participant experience. This shift is crucial not only for recruiting but also for retaining trial participants and ensuring that each step of the study is followed...

Clinical Research Solutions

Medical Information Outsourcing Models

In the space of a few years, Medical Information outsourcing has moved from being a last resort to become a core part of the service delivery strategy for most pharmaceutical companies. The speed of...

Clinical Research Solutions

Which Is Best? Regression versus Control Charting

I was recently asked to review a report summarizing the historic performance of a pharmaceutical process. The report consisted of the usual data tables and charts, but one thing caught my eye: data...

Quality & Compliance

The Role of Quality for Commissioning Success

The commissioning process is defined as "a quality-focused process for enhancing the delivery of a project. The process focuses upon verifying and documenting that all of the commissioned systems and...

Clinical Research Solutions

FDA Investigates Risk of Off-Label Tramadol Use in Children

FDA is investigating the use of tramadol, a narcotic-like pain reliever, in children aged 17 years and younger after learning of the “rare but serious” risk of slowed or difficult breathing....

Clinical Research Solutions

Are You Maximizing Your Return on Data Investment?

Generating process data is expensive: Costs include materials, process time and the focus of highly-compensated subject matter experts. Unfortunately, many organizations don’t get their money’s worth...

Clinical Research Solutions

Are You Ready for AIQ? (Part II)

In the previous installment of this blog, we discussed the importance of establishing a Master Validation Plan, and how to plan and assess your validation approach. Today’s segment will complete the...

Clinical Research Solutions

Are You Ready for AIQ?

Do you find yourself in one of the following situations? + Your equipment has broken down due to frequent usage or wear and thus requires repair. You realize that once repaired, any equipment will...

Clinical Research Solutions

Looking to the Cloud for your Business

computer susteIt’s a Friday afternoon. Quarter’s end. Your V.P. of Regulatory Affairs calls your office bellowing something about not being able to process the latest submission data- can’t access...

Clinical Research Solutions

Business Sustainability: A Case for Process Validation

Business sustainability is an often heard buzz phrase, but how does it apply when a costly process validation is imminent? Process validation is not only a regulatory compliance issue; it is also a...

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Clinical Research Solutions

FDA’s Expedited Programs Explained

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...

Regulatory Sciences

What to Expect During the NDA Review Process

Compiling and submitting a New Drug Application (NDA) submission is a complicated and intensive activity. Once you have submitted your application to FDA, you may be curious about what can you expect...

Clinical Research Solutions

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...

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Medical Information

What are Patient Support Programs?

Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector offer a range of services to help patients start and adhere to their therapies, including Patient Assistance Programs (PAPs), patient...

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Regulatory Sciences

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...

Clinical Research Solutions

A Guide to the Clinical Study Report

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...

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