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Supply Chain Strategies for Adaptive Clinical Trials

Adaptive clinical trials are defined as studies in which accumulating data is used to decide how to modify aspects of the study as it continues, …

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13. Electronic Health...
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Eletronic Health Records in Clinical Research

The first reference to the creation and usefulness of a patient electronic medical record may have been the visionary writing of Robert Ledley and Lee …

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11. Biobank Ethics...
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Biobank Ethics Committee for Approval of Biobanks

The Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) at University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), has regulated that all biobancks being accessed by researches submitting protocols for review …

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10. Advances in Allergy...
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Advances in Allergy Testing: Component Resolved Diagnostics

Immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergic conditions are increasing worldwide. They affect the quality of life of millions of individuals, causing enormous costs for society. In her …

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09. Three Myths...
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Three Myths about Clinical Trials in Russia

With its population of 145 million and total pharmaceutical sales of almost 29 billion dollars in 2013, Russia today is among the world’s ten largest …

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A Survey of Global Resources for Clinical Trial Awareness and Education

Often asked ‘How do you recruit patients?’, Helen West of MMG explains in her article that the emerging focus on patient-centricity may help foster a …

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Patient Safety Narratives in Clinical Studies

An important part of clinical study reporting, safety narratives should be prepared for all phases of clinical studies, whether conducted in healthy volunteers or in …

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06. Minimisation of Systematic...
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Minimisation of Systematic Deviations: An Example of Risk Management in the Conduct of Clinical Trials

All sponsors try to optimise their resources when conducting clinical trials, and sometimes the desire to reduce study budgets leads to the selection of less …

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Regulatory Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceutical Product in China

China’s pharmaceutical market has expanded dramatically in the past twenty years and is expected to become the largest in the world by the year 2050. …

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04. Improving Blood...
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Improving Blood Pressure Management – Application of Arterial Stiffness and Pressure Wave Reflections

Hypertension, the leading cause of cardiovascular disease and deaths globally, is a well-established, easily detected, and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Dr Winter and …

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