Drug companies seek more clinical trial volunteers

Among the many obstacles drug companies face in bringing a product to market, recruiting clinical trial volunteers has become increasingly difficult, according to  a recent article on www.washingtonpost.com by Lenny Bernstein. Bernstein states that more than 10% of...

Physicians push to increase hispanic enrollment in clinical trials

Elizabeth Allen of The Cancer Therapy & Research Center (CTRC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center posted a news release emphasizing the importance of clinical trial enrollment among the Hispanic population, which is currently an astoundingly low...

Social media still lacking in pharmaceutical industry?

Ed Silverman from the Wall Street Journal wrote an interesting article on the need for more social media presence from pharmaceutical companies in clinical trial arena. Silverman feels that pharma companies may be dropping the ball on using social media to promote and...

Experts discuss how to increase public opinion of clinical trials

The discussion between professionals of how to rebuild public trust regarding clinical trials may stem from the worldwide concern in the biomedical research community about the low capture rate of trials reported as reported on redOrbit.com.  One theory to help raise...