New white paper addresses informed consent process

The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) released the first of a series of white papers aimed to describe the best practices for researchers to obtain valid informed consent from participants. Members of the ACRP committee state that the current...

New websites help with clinical pain trials

Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science center created a website to enhance recruitment during a multi-center trial to study women who suffer from vulvar pain. The website contained prescreening questions as well as informational videos targeted to...

Declaration of Helsinki revised

The Council of the World Medical Association (WMA) released draft revisions to the Declaration of Helsinki (DoH) early in April, according to a recent article from outsourcing-pharma.com. The DoH was last revised in 2008 and establishes the ethical principles of...

Pearl teams up with Hoosiers Work for Health

Pearl announces its partnership with the Hoosiers Work for Health coalition. Hoosiers Work for Health is the Indiana chapter of a national initiative that unites health consumers, biopharmaceutical company employees, vendors, suppliers and other business and community...