The US Senate has confirmed Andrew von Eschenbach as the official
Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after months
of delay due to complaints about the regulator's oversight.
Galapagos is to spend up to €19.1m to acquire Inpharmatica in order
to accelerate their drug discovery capabilities, especially in the
early stages of development.
Before deciding what part of a clinical trial to outsource, one of
the most important things a sponsor should do is define its core
competencies and then outsource accordingly.
The contract research organisation (CRO) industry is in full swing
as the clinical trial outsourcing trend continues, but where is the
money being spent?
The turnaround time of clinical trials in the UK may soon speed up
after the Department of Health (DH) announced a planned overhaul of
the way contractual agreements are made.
Ireland needs to lift its game if it is to compete globally and
attract new clinical research business into the country, says a new
report by the Irish government.
A new contract research organization (CRO) has opened in Hong Kong
and will be the only clinical trial site outside of China with the
approval of China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to
run oncology trials.
It has been another few weeks of activity for the budding eClinical
industry as sponsors across the globe continue to move away from
paper toward electronic reporting in clinical trials.
