Costs of Drug Development Revisited

Yevgeniy Feyman of Forbes has written an intriguing article entitled “Shocking Secrets of FDA Clinical Trials Revealed” the costs of bringing a new drug to market.  Feyman shares that “according to Joseph Dimasi of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development,...

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...

Support the “OK to Ask” campaign

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...

Pearl Pathways’ own to speak at research conference

The St. Vincent Research and Regulatory Affairs will be hosting the 9th Annual St. Vincent Health Research Symposium on June 12th. Pearl Pathways’ own Ellen Looney, regulatory clinical & quality associate, will be featured, her topic, Good Clinical Practices...

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...