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AUGUST 06/2019


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This Week, Trials, Tech and Transformation Conference

Case studies on apps and wearables, panel discussions on patient first solutions, plus regulatory updates around clinical trial innovation will take center stage this week in Philadelphia.


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Debate Over Increased FDA Fast-Tracking Heating Up

A recent JAMA article questioned the safety and efficacy of drugs benefiting from FDA accelerated approval, using Eli Lilly's decision to halt marketing of its cancer drug, Lartruvo, in April due to data from a post-approval study indicating that the treatment does not prolong lives of advanced-sarcoma patients, as an example. But, to others, the outcome, while disappointing, reflects how more expeditious drug development and approval programs are designed to work.


People Moves and Business Recognition

In advance of our August mid-month update, read the latest moves, awards and milestones from last month.


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Patient Perspective on Clinical Trials

This articles delves into research conducted by Antidote Technologies and SCORR Marketing to gain a deeper understanding of patient perceptions of clinical trials and their motivations to participate.


Global Standardization of Clinical Research Data

This article delves into the reasons why data standardization for clinical research is important, and how efforts to streamline regulatory submissions for new product approvals have encouraged the development, largely through the ICH, to standardize and harmonize the structure of these submissions as eCommon technical documents (eCTD) are progressing.


Blog Posts

The Road to True Patient Centricity

On the pharma R&D side, too often the focus on patients is a transactional one, solely to improve patient recruitment, which has proved ineffective and misguided.

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In this edition

Debate Over Increased FDA Fast-Tracking Heating Up
The Differences Between Device and Drug Studies
Patient Perspective on Clinical Trials

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Events

T3: Trials, Tech and Transformation
Direct-to-Patient Trials
4th Annual Lay Summaries Summit
Basket & Umbrella Trials for Clinical Oncology
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The Differences Between Device and Drug Studies

Tony Fiorino, Chief Medical Officer of electroCore, discusses challenges he has faced with device studies, and will elaborate on his experiences about the differences between device and drug trials.


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