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Setback for EMA’s vision of transparency
Raps.org journalist, Alexander Gaffney reported that an EU court has surprisingly issued an interim order that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) should stop publishing any more information or documents until a final order has been passed regarding public...
St. Vincent Health Research Symposium to be held June 12th at the Marten House
The St. Vincent Research and Regulatory Affairs will be hosting the 9th Annual St. Vincent Health Research Symposium next month. This daylong event will feature keynote speakers, William Droegemueller, MD, Distinguished Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology at...
IHIF May lunch series addresses crowdfunding
The IHIF May lunch series features Dr. Samuel P. Wertheimer, managing director at Poliwogg, an online marketplace for early investments, and Marcus Chandler, partner and Barnes & Thornburg LLP. They will be sharing professional insight about the budding...
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...