Clinical Researcher—June 2019 (Volume 33, Issue 6) CRO CLOSEUP Julie Ross The life sciences industry is experiencing tremendous innovation, bringing drugs to market at an accelerated pace. In 2018, the industry achieved a record-setting number of 59 drug approvals.{1} These new drugs offer tremendous hope, but the costs to develop new and complex therapies […]
Clinical Researcher—June 2019 (Volume 33, Issue 6) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Jim Kremidas As the summer movie season hits theaters, I’m reminded of Toy Story hero Buzz Lightyear announcing some of his adventures by leaping high and saying, “To infinity! And beyond!” Well, your Association is covering a lot of ground these days, too. From […]
Mayo Clinic has grown its Clinical Research Workforce Development Program from about 16 employees enrolled per cohort in 2017 to as many as 30 per cohort in 2019. This growth has enabled Mayo to optimize onboarding for a broad array of clinical research professionals and boost the workforce’s productivity when engaged in the clinical trial […]
How long can a healthcare concept be trendy before fully proving itself capable of making the leap into widespread implementation? We may be close to finding out in the case of today’s much-discussed, but still somewhat head-scratching, “patient centricity” focus. In late 2014, contributor Zuzanna Fimińska wrote in an eyeforpharma post that, “[a]lthough it has […]
The Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) and Asociación de Profesionales Especialistas en Investigación Clínica (APEIC) today announce a strategic alliance to validate clinical research professional competency in Mexico and Latin America. Under the partnership, APEIC will promote and offer ACRP’s industry-leading certification programs to APEIC members and other clinical research professionals working in Mexico […]
