News & Analysis on Clinical Trial Services & Contract Research And Development
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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...
With clinical study activity increasing across the Asia-Pacific region, it is important for sponsors—both in APAC and globally—to understand the broader area landscape in order to develop a distribution strategy that avoids delays and minimizes cost and...
Supply chain issues have real, quantifiable impacts on biomanufacturers. However, the right support can make a cGMP supply chain operate seamlessly. Thermo Scientific™ Production Chemicals and Services can help streamline your total cost of ownership...
Stem cell samples require extremely tight 24-hour turnaround times in order to be modified and processed for critical cell therapy drug development.
The raw material supply is too vital to leave to chance, and quality-related supply chain activities are cornerstones to your success.
As major world events continue to unfold, every organization is contending with supply chain disruptions.
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...
Achieving flexibility requires modularity of technologies. CMOs and CDMOs aspire to be flexible for multiple applications. Efficient automated filling solutions like RoSS.FILL have answers to the myriad of options available and are easy to plug and...
With 1 in 10 Sponsors identifying a lack of technology integration as their biggest pain point, Deighton Liverpool, Ancillare’s Chief Information Officer addresses the critical need. Dive into what Ancillare is doing to bring sophisticated Clinical Trial...
Signant's Supplies Forecasting solution helps sponsors reduce enterprise-wide drug supply budget by 10%.
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...
From Infectious Disease to BYOD, We Set the Bar for Virtual Trials
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...
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...
Over the years, the pharmaceutical industry has made steady progress in improving the safety of drugs in development. Consequently, in 2015, only 14 percent of Phase III studies failed due to safety (compared to 55 percent for efficacy), down from 21...
Frontage is the first and only laboratory to validate Quanterix’ Simoa HD1 Analyzer for performing immunoassays. Most of the advanced instruments used in bioanalysis—such as Gas Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), and...
Despite growing evidence, the myth that physicians won’t refer patients to clinical trials persists, perpetuated by the belief that they fear losing their patients to the investigator. BBK Worldwide’s Study Voices survey challenges the myth, invoking a...
A sponsor running a clinical trial in Israel arranged to ship their clinical trial product from Europe to a depot in Israel. With the protocol based in the US and the IMP approved in the EU, the sponsor incorrectly assumed and, without checking further...
Study protocols are increasingly complex with the need for extensive data collection despite complicated drug regimes. Patients may be deterred from taking part in a trial by the need for frequent travel to a clinical sites and around 30% of patients...
In May 2018 Outsourcing-Pharma.com, in association with InnovoCommerce, conducted its second annual ‘state of the industry’ survey on its user base of pharmaceutical professionals, including sponsor companies as well as contract research, development,...
A desperate mother in Germany urged her team of doctors to reach out to a Marken client on behalf of her two year old girl. The child was battling leukemia and had exhausted all currently available treatment options. The client manufactures a drug not...
In May 2017, Outsourcing-Pharma.com conducted its inaugural “state of the industry” survey of its user base of pharmaceutical industry professionals, including sponsor companies and contract...
Clinical trials are more complex than ever before, driving the industry to develop and adopt new ways to manage clinical supplies and address new challenges.Fast Chain™ demand led supply...
Download World Courier’s latest piece which shares the story of the changes in temperature-controlled transport and what these trends mean to your business. Explore industry demands and evolving...
Pyrogens in pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotherapeutics and cosmetics can cause fevers in humans and are potentially life-threatening. Yet standard pyrogen detection methods have drawbacks. The Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) test only identifies...