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Specifying Therapeutic Area Standards for Clinical Research.
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Specifying Therapeutic Area Standards for Clinical Research.

In its efforts to facilitate clinical research and regulatory review of drugs and biologics, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a multi-year initi...
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Our Love/Hate Relationship with Clinical Surveillance, and Why Both are Valid
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Our Love/Hate Relationship with Clinical Surveillance, and Why Both are Valid

CNS researchers have implemented surveillance strategies from within pharmaceutical companies, through contract research organizations, or by using one of the many in...
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An Overview of the Legislative Framework for FDA Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions
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An Overview of the Legislative Framework for FDA Expedited Programs for Serious Conditions

On June 26, 2013, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in the Federal Register, the publication of a draft guidance for industry entitled “Expedited Pr...
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Macroeconomic Forces Driving Clinical Trial Costs

A lot has been written about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) recently. Key provisions are kicking in over the next few months and that has left everyone asking the same...
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Pediatric Patient Retention:  It’s not Child’s Play
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Pediatric Patient Retention: It’s not Child’s Play

In June 2013, the European Commission published a report on the first five years of the Paediatric Regulation that came into force in the European Union (EU) on 26 Ja...
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The Role of Central Laboratories in AD Trials
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The Role of Central Laboratories in AD Trials

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder that mainly affects the elderly population. The prevalence of AD is predicted to increase to 115...
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Adjunctive Treatment with Atypical Antipsychotics Among Adolescents with  Major Depressive Disorder
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Adjunctive Treatment with Atypical Antipsychotics Among Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder

Among adolescents, lifetime prevalence estimates for major depressive disorder (MDD) range as high as 8-11%. Depressed adolescents are also at risk for psychiatric ho...
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H7N9 Influenza and the Rush to Vaccine Development
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H7N9 Influenza and the Rush to Vaccine Development

On March 31, 2013, the Chinese health authorities announced the first human case of a new strain of avian influenza A virus H7N9. The announcement was repeated by th...
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Editing, Proofreading and Back-translation – Options in the Translator’s Toolbag
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Editing, Proofreading and Back-translation – Options in the Translator’s Toolbag

Contracts, patient consent forms, protocols clinical trial manuals, trial flowcharts or scientific reports need to be translated at some time or another. The individu...
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics Watch column
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Cardiovascular Therapeutics Watch column

Both individual patient and health considerations are extremely important when addressing a health issue of the magnitude of hypertension, which, as noted in the prev...
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