San Francisco-based transportation network company, Uber, is looking to expand their outreach to the clinical research community with the launch of Uber Health, a new dashboard the company hopes will remove transportation as a barrier to proper care. Using Uber…
Compensating Participants in Clinical Research: Current thinking
In clinical research studies, it is not uncommon for monetary compensation to be provided to research participants; as reimbursement for study-related expenses, as compensation for time and effort, and even as incentive payments to encourage enrollment. Sponsors, researchers and Institutional…
As the Clinical Trials Industry Evolves, the Most Valued Skill Sets for Professionals are Changing
Due to the vast influx of technology and the advent of Risk-Based Monitoring, the clinical research landscape is now evolving fast, and along with it, so are jobs in the field. Denise Snyder, associate dean for clinical research at the…
India must boost innovation to benefit from China’s opening of pharma sector: analysts
China promising for Indian pharma It is still too early for India to celebrate China’s continued opening of its drug industry, as the South Asian country must boost innovation in its pharmaceutical industry and cooperate with Chinese companies to smooth…
Repurposing Existing Drugs for New Indications
An entire industry has sprung up around resurrecting failed drugs and recycling existing compounds for novel indications. In 2010, Bruce Bloom, CEO of Illinois-based Cures Within Reach, reviewed the organization’s decade-long track record of bringing new treatments to patients.…
More than 95 percent of the preclinical work cited by 109 clinical trial proposals lacked the hallmarks of best practices in Germany
Applications for Phase 1 and 2 human studies in Germany frequently lack sufficient information about an intervention’s efficacy in animal experiments, according to a new study. Recent applications for human clinical trials submitted to ethical review boards in Germany are…
New Amazon-Led Healthcare Venture Taps Surgeon, Author Gawande as CEO
The new, independent, healthcare-focused company Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase plan to launch made a big splash when it was first announced in January, but few details have emerged since. On Wednesday, the trio of American business heavyweights revealed…
Novo’s diabetes pill beats injections in head-to-head trials
Novo Nordisk is making the case for its diabetes pill, which it hopes will allow it to fight off competition from rivals in a highly competitive market. The company announced the completion of two trials of its GLP-1 class drug…
