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Editor’s Comment
ICT's Editor Dr Graham Hughes introduces the key focus topics in these editions of ICT and EPC, highlighting a number of articles.
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Clinical Trial Oversight Management
Perfecting Performance
When dealing with new revisions in the ICH E6 (R2) guidelines, Gabriele Faist and Heike Schön at LUMIS International discuss how the implementation of keyperformance indicators could be beneficial.
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Regulation Changes
Clinical Navigation
With new developments in pharmacovigilance being continually implemented, Nick Barker and Katharine Colbert at Medpace express that sponsors andmarketing authorisation holders worldwide must ensure they are prepared
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Obstacles in Cancer Research
Essential Steps
Through a Q&A, Peter Langecker, Brian Travers, and Barb Geiger at Clinipace explain to ICT the intricacies that must be considered within oncological studies.
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Alzheimer’s Research
Improving Success Rates
Significant progress within clinical trials for Alzheimer’s is being made. Dr Michael F Murphy at Worldwide Clinical Trials says new trial designsare now addressing previous research challenges.
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Spotlight
York Health Economics Consortium
York Health Economics Consortium is a health economics consulting company owned by the University of York. It provides a range of services,including economic modelling, literature searching, systematic reviews,
network meta-analyses, outcomes research, and applied research and training to the NHS and the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries |
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Oncology Trial Validity
Imaging Innovations
Working alongside effective site training, today's imaging analysis technology could bring improvements to the quality, timeline, and cost of oncology trials. Sophie Winandy at ERT explores how.
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eClinical Improvements
A New Pathway
Jeff Lee at Bracket details the ways in which technological approaches alongside unified thinking can enhance patient engagement, becominga key asset within clinical research.
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EMA First-in-Human Guidance
Exponential Developments
As regulations for first-in-human trials progress, Bradley Joblin at Q-Pharm examines the new considerationsthat must be made within early phase development.
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The Sponsor/Vendor Relationship
Key Relations
Shanelle Mehta at The Clinigen Group explores how outsourcing is becoming common practice within the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, thereby creating a good sponsor/vendor relationship and a reliable process.
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End Point
Public Perception
ICT Editor Dr Graham Hughes considers the role of clinical trials and how they are
publicly perceived
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Oncology Clinical Trials
Optimising Outcomes
Routine cancer care can be enhanced by integrating electronic patient-reported outcomes and clinical outcome assessments. Katie Garner at CRF Health examines how.
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The Patient Experience
The Engagement Equation
Modern clinical trials rely on patient engagement. Aaron Fleishman and Sarah Mandracchia at BBK Worldwide analyse the new tools and techniques that must be utilised to ensure all trial stages are successful.
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Digital and Cloud Developments
Revolution or Evolution?
As the industry begins to embrace new clinical methods, David Goldston at Veracity Logic considers how it disrupts conventional, long-standing trial management.
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News and Press Releases |
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Sphere Fluidics Closes a $4.8 million USD (£3.7 million) Funding Round
Cambridge, UK, 10 June 2019: Sphere Fluidics, a company commercializing
single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet
technology, announced today that it has closed an additional tranche of
investment of $2.9 million (£2.2 million), securing a total of $4.8
million (£3.7 million) in investment. The funding will be used as
working capital for the Company’s Cyto-Mine® Single Cell Analysis
System, expansion of the UK facility and enable the doubling of
personnel through the opening of a new US Sales Office and Demo Lab in
California.
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White Papers |
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Unmet Medical Needs? Impacted by unmet Life Sciences Staffing Needs?
Clinical Professionals
Whilst the majority of Clinical Professionals clients are working to discover and develop innovative, cost effective medicines that address unmet medical needs they are not impacting the unmet needs of training and developing new recruits into the pharma industry. The impact is highlighted within entry level Clinical Trial Administrators and Clinical Research Associates (CTA/CRA). In the past the Pharmaceutical industry had highly developed training programs for these sought after candidates. As the use of outsourcing models and CRO’s has increased and fewer Pharma businesses embark on their own R&D a substantial gap is developing in newly trained Life Science graduates entering the market to commence a career within R&D. As further financial cuts are made within R&D spend this already dire situation continues to escalate.
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Industry Events |
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The Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection Devices
22-23 October 2019, The Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre Gothia Towers Hotel
PDA’s Universe of Pre-filled Syringes and Injection
Devices has become the must-attend meeting for everyone
working in the field, and is now the world’s largest conference on this subject
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