Recently Bio-IT published a great article on the budget issues facing clinical trial sites. Highly recommended reading! February 21, 2012 | Imagine buying a new car or a new house but not knowing the price until the papers have already been drawn up and it’s time to sign on the dotted line. According to Christine…
At its core, the web is about connecting and informing people. This is true for social networks, online newspapers, and it is certainly true for life sciences companies. In the life sciences, the web allows companies to effectively communicate targeted messages to their key audiences, informing them of cutting-edge research and breakthrough technologies, novel pipeline…
CenterWatch recently published an article on the growing use of Clinical Trials Portals including. We post the intro as well as a link to the full story here…. More sites turn to clinical trials portals, dashboards to improve management and communication Monday, June 13, 2011 07:53 AM As sponsors and CROs feel the pressure…
The Wall Street Journal publishes a piece on Pfizer’s use of telemedicine to bring down clinical trial costs, and raise efficiencies….click link below to see full story. A Clinical Drug Trial Via Phone, Computer Pfizer Inc. is conducting a drug trial in which patients participate from their homes using computers and smartphones rather than visiting…
Recently, Reuters released a special report entitled “Big Pharma’s global guinea pigs”[i] . Its main premise is that today’s clinical trials business has gone global mainly because drug makers seek “cheaper venues for studies and… ‘treatment-naive’ patients”. But drug makers and their CRO partners know that lower cost and clean patients (i.e. patients not already…
As industries worldwide increasingly reap the benefits of new internet applications, so too does biotech look to e-commerce for solutions to meet its highly technical, industry-specific needs. However, due to the very nature of products for life sciences applications, the move into e-commerce requires far more care and attention than it would for a less…