• Patient-Focused Clinical Trial Design Using Net Treatment Benefit

    Clinical Research News | Pharmaceutical companies and regulators are increasingly aligning around the need to better incorporate patient preferences into clinical trial design. This shift stems from a broader movement to measure whether treatments are efficacious on terms that are also valuable from the patient’s perspective.

    Apr 25, 2025

  • Rethinking the Role of Nonprofits in the R&D Ecosystem

    Clinical Research News | Pharma companies and academic institutions are key players in drug development but operate in disconnected ecosystems. Universities are constantly developing highly innovative drug screening models, while industry has many promising molecules and drug compounds, yet the two worlds more often collide than collaborate to get needed medicines to patients faster.

    Apr 24, 2025

  • New Research Identifies Superior Biomarker for Stroke and Dementia Risk

    Clinical Research News | Researchers have identified "left atrial reservoir strain" as the best biomarker for predicting stroke and dementia risk, according to a new study published in the journal Stroke. The research, led by Dr. Lin Yee Chen of the University of Minnesota Medical School, compared various methods of detecting left atrial (LA) myopathy, an abnormality of the heart's left atrium that can indicate elevated risk even without atrial fibrillation (AFib).

    Apr 23, 2025

  • Precursors to Empowering QARA Professionals with AI-Driven Technologies

    Clinical Research News | As life sciences companies increasingly embrace artificial intelligence and digital transformation, quality assurance and regulatory affairs professionals face opportunities and challenges. The journey from paper-based systems to AI-driven solutions requires careful consideration of the various factors required to ensure successful implementation while maintaining global compliance and product quality to ensure the provision of safe and effective patient solutions and treatments.

    Apr 18, 2025

  • Vision Set for Integration of Research and Healthcare in Sweden

    Clinical Research News | Understanding the trajectory of a disease, including how it developed in the first place, is a bit like reconstructing a crime scene where scientists piece together fragmented information in hopes of mapping out the sequence of events and identifying the culprit. But critical connections can be made by analyzing multi-omics data linked to disease and registry data and turning them into actionable insights at the point of care.

    Apr 15, 2025

  • Feasibility: The Art of Being Less Wrong, Faster

    Clinical Research News | Clinical trial complexity is at an all-time high, with today’s clinical trials being more complex in their design and execution, whilst also demanding more sophisticated data management, regulatory navigation, and operational coordination than trials conducted a decade ago.

    Apr 11, 2025