Pamela Scherer Mcleod from darkdaily.com wrote a very interesting article on how next-gen gene sequencing is affecting clinical research. Gene testing of patients enrolled in advanced cancer clinical trials may be able to supplement or even replace traditional...
Uk.reuters.com just released an article about the lackluster number of approved drugs by FDA in 2013. In 2013 only 27 were approved vs. 39 in 2012, which was the most since 1997. FDA attributed the large decrease to fewer applications in 2013 which was down from 41 to...
News-medical.net just released an article on the recently launched Global Alzheimer’s Platform (GAP). This program strives to cut time and costs on Alzheimer’s trials. The article cites that Alzheimer’s treatment development costs up to three times the normal cost of...
Nick Paul Taylor from fiercebiotechit.com provides a unique look at how biopharma companies are moving from paper clinical trial data to electronic files. The article talks about how many vendors are now pushing the electronic filing method for a variety of reasons...
Zachary Brennan from outsourcing-pharma.com just published an article on Quintiles’ Good Research for Comparative Effectiveness (GRACE) checklist. It was published in a peer–review study in March and contains 11 checkpoints for data and research methods that will help...
