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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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Demistifying Clinical Trials Insurance
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Demistifying Clinical Trials Insurance

Often the last thing considered when setting up a clinical trio insurance, and yet it is critical, albeit confusing, part of the project. To help shed some light on t...
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Safety Data Management for Clinical Trials
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Safety Data Management for Clinical Trials

Capture and management of safety data is a critical component of the clinical trial (CT) process.  Suhasini Sharma, Chitra Lele and Darshan Bhatt at Sciformix discuss...
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Sustainable Design of Temperature-Controlled Packaging: Single Use Versus Reusable Packaging
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Sustainable Design of Temperature-Controlled Packaging: Single Use Versus Reusable Packaging

Many companies are beginning to make a conscious effort to think about the environmental impact of their temperature-controlled packaging use. But this isn’t just lim...
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