Medrio’s FDA-compliant tablet-based electronic-consent application for clinical trial participants looks to improve comprehension with graphics and videos.
The health care social network Inspire is expanding its research solutions to help life science stakeholders integrate the patient voice and experience into research.
BBK is looking to bring balance to the doctor, patient relationship by improving lines of communication and the productivity of office visits with its online resource, Clinical Notifier.
Icon reported a record number of new business awards in Q3 and outlined its three-part patient recruitment strategy as well as global hiring – and acquiring – plans.
Changes at the state and federal level are paving the way for increased participation in clinical trials by providing patient reimbursement for study-related costs.
The online resource organizes and maps myriad sources of research on clinical trial recruitment to help users identify promising interventions, say report authors.
The clinical development services provider Phesi is looking to patent its method and system for developing clinical trial protocols – which enables faster patient enrollment and study completion, says CEO.
Integrating clinical research into the health care ecosystem improves patient engagement and quality of care while reducing costs, though only 1% of the general population participates in clinical trials.
The global biopharmaceutical services provider has launched the Patient Innovation Center to help sponsors implement patient-centric initiatives — an area in which the company is committed to innovate, says executive.
The digital health company Antidote Technologies is partnering with PWNHealth, a virtual care company that provides direct-to-patient (DTP) lab services.
Patient-centric programs for clinical trials, such as travel assistance, are major deciding factors for patients considering participation – and should be standard for all studies, says BBK.
Iqvia has launched a new suite of virtual study options to challenge the traditional clinical research mindset with a patient-centric approach, says company executive.
eClinicalHealth and Clinerion have announced a collaboration under which the companies will offer their complementary technologies jointly to hospitals and sponsor companies/CROs.
The International Clinical Trial Center Network (ICN) adopts Clinerion's patient recruitment system as an official service to help its members speed trail startup.
Patient recruitment is “the major bottleneck” in clinical development, an Industry Standard Research report says, but though it predicts a drive to ‘push’ patients into trials, industry disagrees.
In September Outsourcing-pharma held Patient Recruitment Outsourcing (PRO) in Boston, bringing together the movers and shakers in the recruitment sector. Robert Loll, vice president of business development, shares his thoughts on the event with a particular...
Communication was the central theme at Patient Recruitment Outsourcing (PRO) 2011 in Boston, US this week, with attendees agreeing that better dialog between all stakeholders is vital to addressing the trial sector’s perennial recruitment headache.
Companies outsourcing patient recruitment in emerging markets should have more people on the ground, according to Cutting Edge Information's Shaylyn Pike.
An evidence-based approach to planning during protocol development is key to successful patient recruitment according to Joseph Kim, director of clinical operations at Shire Pharmaceuticals.
Retention strategies, trial site evaluations and dedicated budgets should be used to recruit patients to, and keep them in, clinical trials, according to research.
Ockham looks east for patient recruitment, setting up partnership with Russlan Clinical Research (RCR) to increase access to in-demand clinical trial destination.
Clinical trial sponsors are outsourcing the majority of clinical
work in Phase I and gradually bringing functions back in-house as
compounds move through the development stages.
Falling foul of the patient recruitment problems that are plaguing
the industry, RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals has recruited an
undisclosed contract research organisation (CRO) to help it with
the mountainous task.
Outsourcing-Pharma Focus: Cutting the cost of clinical trials
Patient recruitment consumes more time than any other clinical
trial activity, costing the industry millions of dollars. However,
recruiting patients on the Internet can slash recruitment times and
bring drugs to market faster.