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As electronic data capture (EDC) is becoming the standard for clinical trials, CROs are under pressure to offer this system and carry out projects that competitively meet time, cost and quality demands. Decisions about the choice of EDC partner must take the sponsor’s interests into account in order to establish an efficient collaboration. EDC vendors are advised to offer special programmes for this purpose.
STRATEGIC EDC PARTNERSHIPS
According to Thomson CenterWatch, the proportion of EDC studies in 2007 exceeded the 40 per cent mark for the first time, with respect to all clinical studies commissioned worldwide (1). Furthermore, it is predicted that this technology will become the standard by 2010. Since further prognoses indicate that the market tends towards standardisation of EDC systems, many CROs choose not to develop their own system and instead work together with specialised EDC vendors. |
