Simple steps to improving clinical trials

This past May 20th was International Clinical Trials Day celebrating the life changing triumphs that result from the efforts accomplished by clinical researchers. Its birth was inaugurated back in 1747 when James Lind pursued a cure for scurvy. BioMed Central...

Call for more minority groups in clinical studies

At the University of South Florida, researchers have been looking into the genetics makeups of different individuals. They believe that people tend to see one and another as one ethnicity, where in reality people come from all different backgrounds. However, at USF...

2014 RAPS features Gretchen Bowker as a speaker

Pearl Pathways’ own Gretchen Bowker will be speaking at the 2014 RAPS Preconference Workshop entitled Regulatory Strategy Forum for Biologics. She will be presenting at the 11am session on conducting clinical trials, which will cover the roles and...

FDA issues new draft guidance on informed consent

After sixteen years FDA has released a new draft guidance with updated regulations concerning the obtainment of informed consent from clinical trial subjects. The guidance begins by reiterating the basic process for obtaining consent, beyond written documentation. FDA...