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European Pharmaceutical Contractor
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Beyond the world of comfortable consistency lies a wonderland of chaotic uncertainty - the domain of change. The journey down the rabbit hole to the unknown often begins as a peek into tiny management and process doorways through which we want to squeeze painlessly into a beautiful garden of transformation. Change is never easy. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland began navigating change by questioning her very name and then swimming in a pool of her own tears. Dealing with change is no less demanding in the pharmaceutical industry. Competitive stakes are high and getting higher. The first company to market with a blockbuster drug can enjoy a virtual monopoly for years and possibly transform the lives of millions of people. Accepting the inevitability of change is a start. However, it is those who harness and manage the power of change that can sustain the momentum of competitive advantage.
Change and adaptation within the clinical trial process - particularly through effective automation - can make a tremendous difference to business throughput. Over time, the clinical trial process has evolved into an administrative hierarchy. People with years of experience in this context implement various common methodologies accepted for their apparent reliability. But the pressure of competition has no respect for hierarchy. Commonly accepted practices are rarely an adequate basis for breakthrough competitive results. Many of the delays in the drug development process are largely a consequence of slow adaptation to the pressures of competitive change.
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Industry Events |
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4th Annual Patient Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Trials
13-15 October 2008, Amsterdam
Patient recruitment
is now consuming thirty percent of clinical trial time - more time than any
other clinical trial activity - and almost half of all trial delays result from
patient recruitment problems.
As the
recruiting culture becomes more sophisticated and the forces affecting patient
enrollment grow more numerous and complex, pharmaceutical companies are
striving to discover new strategies to facilitate enrollment in clinical
trials.
With
increasing industry pressure to develop, test and market greater numbers of new
drugs faster, pharmaceutical companies need to perform clinical trials as
quickly as possible. Inefficient patient recruitment processes is a formidable
barrier to pharmaceutical companies' success in launching new products.
Improving the patient recruitment process is imperative to avoid wasted
investments and eliminate costly delays in bringing new drugs to market --
today and even more so in the not-so-distant future. Improved patient
recruitment presents one of the largest opportunities for pharmaceutical
companies to eliminate delays in clinical trials, thereby making it possible to
reduce time to market. With patent time limits and large overheads
meaning that any delays in the development timeline can be disastrous, a good
understanding of how to successfully recruit patients for trials is vital for
any company looking to succeed.
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“PACK DIFFERENT” with EMBALLAGE 2008
“Business, Innovation, Outlook” are the watchwords for the 38th World Packaging Exhibition which opens in Paris from 17 to 21 November 2008. Fifteen months before the key packaging event of the end of 2008, EMBALLAGE displays its differences to offer you a new edition that is even more representative, international and rich in new features.
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