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...
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...
Many doctors already discuss clinical research with patients, but in a recent study, only 21% of patients felt comfortable asking about research to their doctors. The National Health Service, (NHS) is looking for patients and professionals to either ask or talk about...
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...
The frequency of dual enrollment, in which participants enroll in multiple clinical trials at the same time in order to benefit from increased healthcare or payments, is up for debate among the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) and industry...
inVentiv Health Clinical recently invested in Mytrus, a California based “Virtual Trial” company. Mytrus has previously parted with Pfizer to create REMOTE, an “at home” clinical study of the bladder control drug, Detrol LA. Although the Pfizer study failed to meet...
