The landscape of clinical trials and other clinical development projects has dramatically changed in recent years. Progress made in scientific discovery is paving the way to novel therapies and...
There is more to a project management office than managing projects. In fact, the project management office (PMO) acts as both a watchtower and a lighthouse to guide strategic initiatives toward...
In the wake of the 21st Century Cures Act (December 2016), the FDA has switched gears to accelerate the development of novel therapies and speed up the review process, particularly in the field of...
When applied rigorously and comprehensively, lean principles can reduce organizational costs while increasing productivity and strengthening the overall quality of submissions What is “Lean” as it...
Pharmaceutical Consulting during Product & Business Development: To stay competitive in the pharmaceutical field, pharmaceutical companies need to have access to legal, product and clinical...
When pharmaceutical companies launch a clinical trial or reach a certain phase of Clinical Development, with only the support of their in-house employees, the additional workload often becomes too...
FDA Approval Process Overview The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as part of the United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services, is the regulatory agency responsible for the review,...
In order to incentivize the development of therapies (drugs biologics) to fill unmet medical needs for treatment of serious conditions, the FDA has developed various programs to expedite drug...
Part 1 of this series discussed confidence intervals. Confidence intervals are the best known of the statistical intervals but they only bound regions associated with population parameters; i.e., the...
What is a Clinical Study Report? A Clinical Study Report (CSR) is a document that describes the methods and results of a clinical study or trial, along with a short discussion of key findings related...
The link between statistical methods and healthcare is not a new one, but the volume of available data to inform healthcare decisions and the use of data science in the medical industry has exploded...
Patient Support Programs (PSPs) in the pharmaceutical sector represent an array of aimed at supporting patients in initiating therapy and maintaining adherence. PSPs, also known as Patient Assistance...