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While developing a vaccine for COVID-19, a Top 3 pharmaceutical company had an urgent need
While developing a vaccine for COVID-19, a Top 3 pharmaceutical company had an urgent need
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It is commonly thought that Define-XML is simply a dataset descriptor: a way to document what datasets look like, including the names and labels of datasets and variables, what terminology is used etc.
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New, innovative clinical trial technology is helping to revolutionize the research landscape. COVID-19 demonstrated that clinical trials can be run much more efficiently and faster than the industry previously imagined
A growing contract development manufacturing organization (CDMO) was challenged with the need to quickly expand their process liquid and buffer preparation capacity in order to meet the demand for one of their client’s recently approved therapeutic
The use of internal standards (IS) is essential for developing and applying liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) quantitative bioanalytical methods.
Global regulatory standards govern bioanalytical method development, validation and the subsequent assays. When those standards are updated, industry stakeholders should actively partake in their evolution and prepare for the ensuing changes.
New, innovative clinical trial technology is helping to revolutionize the research landscape.
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Setting the groundwork for successful scale-up is essential for getting a therapeutic to market quickly and efficiently, but navigating the unknowns associated with this process can be challenging. Beyond procurement challenges, raw materials need to...
When it comes to efficient clinical study build, content is king. Most importantly: metadata content. In this blog, we explore the role of metadata in clinical trials, the benefits of automating metadata management, and how to implement standardization...
In April 2023 at the CDISC Europe Interchange, we launched Formedix CORE, the first free-to-use, downloadable application encompassing the CDISC Open Rules Engine (CORE). In this blog, we look at CORE projective objectives, benefits and how Formedix CORE...
What are SDTM supplemental qualifiers? In short, these are variables in non-CDISC datasets that cannot be mapped to a variable that matches the SDTM standard. In this blog, we'll take a detailed look at supplemental qualifiers, with examples.
As a leading partner in central nervous system (CNS) drug development, Altasciences’ in-house preclinical, clinical, bioanalytical, and manufacturing teams have decades of experience formulating, testing, and manufacturing pharmaceutical products that...
A growing number of new chemical entities are highly insoluble, leading to problems with bioavailability. Drug manufacturers therefore have to find ways of improving solubility if the product is to succeed. This also has to be done as quickly and...
On April 15, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new draft guidance to clinical research sponsors on creating a plan to enroll more participants from underrepresented racial and ethnic populations, specifically Black or African American,...
The lesser-known Operational Data Model (ODM) standard is often overlooked as it's not required by any regulators. So, why should you be interested in it? In the post, Formedix explains how the ODM can be used as a standard way to define forms,...
You want your clinical research practice to be a success for your business and your patients, but how can you tell if it’s in trouble? Read this article to learn the four warning signs you should keep an eye out for, as they often spell operational and...
Discover the trends shaping clinical trial technology in 2023, from Site Enablement to eISFs, integrations, and site-sponsor collaboration. This report includes insights from 450 sponsors, CROs, and sites, who shared what technology they’re investing in,...
The use of consistent terminology within and between studies is critical to enabling an efficient trial process. CDISC standards such as CDASH, SDTM, SEND and ADaM standardize the structures to use when collecting and submitting data, but what about the...
This article covers the many ways a clinical metadata repository helps with data quality in the clinical trial process, and how it ultimately helps to get compliant clinical studies submitted faster to regulatory bodies.
Prioritizing greater patient-centricity and creating an opportunity to reach unprecedented patient groups, decentralized and hybrid clinical trials are becoming more widely adopted.
PPD supports European DCTs and clinical trial sponsors with a holistic and comprehensive approach
Choosing a clinical metadata repository (MDR) software can be a tough task as the capabilities and features of your chosen MDR could make or break your clinical trials. This article explores the features that a clinical MDR software should have.
As a CRO, PPD (part of Thermo Fisher) can help guide the future of clinical research. Its depth of experience with decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) — all over the world and of many design types — enables PPD to provide insight and feedback-based...
This article gives an overview of SDTM, ADaM, SEND and ARM, and discusses how these CDISC standards fit in with the wider clinical trial process, and how companies in the pharmaceutical industry can get maximum benefit from them.
CRFs and eCRFs are used for gathering patient data during clinical trials. They play a crucial role in helping to assess the safety and efficacy of clinical products.
Baxter’s BioPharma Solutions business supports leading pharmaceutical companies in meeting their commercialization objectives by providing scientific expertise, sterile manufacturing solutions, parenteral delivery systems and customized support services...
Automation is used to improve the accuracy of results in the clinical trial process from study setup through to submission.
As major world events continue to unfold, every organization is contending with supply chain disruptions.
Streamline your adoptive cell therapy program with digital PCR. Our team has a unique expertise in digital and quantitative PCR to support you in ensuring your adoptive cell therapy (ACT) meets safety regulations relating to VCN and RCL/RCR levels, even...
As the effects of the pandemic reverberate through global supply chains, Sponsors still face many hurdles in sourcing and managing ancillary supplies for clinical trials. Interruptions and delays that once felt like temporary inconveniences are now...
Companies often have to conduct multiple clinical trials at the same time, which means they've got to be efficient, and compliant with industry regulations. They need to be able to see and manage their clinical trials effectively so they can improve...
Investing in data standards plays a huge role in improving the quality of clinical studies. But often, people don’t use the standards correctly, there are too many variations, or the standards keep changing.
Getting your clinical study designed and built ready for data collection takes A LOT of work and expertise… you've got to do all your CRF designs; keep up with protocol changes; add the annotations; make sure everything aligns with CDISC standards.
Meeting patient needs today is complicated. But there is one thing that can minimize their burden, improve retention, and maximize protocol compliance. But it requires a human touch.
The integration between Formedix's ryze CMDR and eClinical's elluminate CDR maximizes automation across the end-to-end clinical trial lifecycle. Read this paper to find out more about the live integration between the two best-in-class softwares, ryze and...
Over recent years, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has become an emerging market for pharmaceutical and biotech innovation, including clinical studies.
COVID-19 has changed the way we operate. We have adapted our supply chain solutions to meet our clients’ requirements while following World Courier standard procedures. Being flexible is key to develop contingency plans but selecting the right option...
How to create a seamless experience across eConsent, eCOA and more. Over the past year, tremendous progress was made toward digitizing and decentralizing the patient and site experience. While the industry introduced individual point solutions to...
Clinical Ink has developed a unique offering — the electronic Lupus Assessment Suite (eLAS®) to address fundamental challenges impacting systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) studies and the integrity of the study endpoints.
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This white paper explores the value of taking a fresh approach to clinical data management, its associated systems and ultimately the processes and roles that surround them. With the right technologies in place, companies can re-invent the traditional...
Oncology clinical trials present a unique set of challenges for patients, study sites, and study sponsors. Using electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) in conjunction with agile methodology enables nimble, efficient clinical data management...
Immune monitoring has become an essential strategy for understanding, predicting, and monitoring the response of the immune system to therapeutic interventions.
In a recent survey of clinical trial professionals (including pharmaceutical sponsors, CROs, site representatives and vendors), respondents reported that one of their most significant concerns was clinical trial patient recruitment and retention. This...
The pharmaceutical industry is unlike any other industry in that the products manufactured can dramatically improve, and even save, lives. This is especially the case when it comes to children. Although pediatric patients comprise a smaller population of...
70% of medicines given to children have never been studied in pediatric populations. Children who need treatments represent a relatively small population. This alone presents unique challenges for pediatric drug development. Since the 1990s, authorities...
Biologics are complex large molecules derived from living organisms or manufactured from cells, and they have inherent structural heterogeneity. Indeed, proteins, given their chemistry, are the “most structurally complex and functionally sophisticated...