As the world comes together to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, “people are rooting for clinical trials and the clinical trial professionals who make them possible,” says Pete Fronte, CEO at Altura. “This is a challenging and rewarding time for clinical research, as a few hundred thousand people will be needed for studies by the end […]
Technology is going to make clinical trial jobs more productive and “interesting” in the years to come, says Marina Acosta-Enslen, associate director of clinical management at Rho, and a 20-year veteran in the clinical trial industry with work on the site and sponsor sides and an emphasis on clinical operations. Far from being something to […]
While this week’s news of one major vaccine candidate for COVID-19 having reached the Phase III trials stage with a goal of 30,000 volunteer patients is encouraging in many respects, the specifics about the demographics of trial participants for this and other studies are on the minds of some clinical research stakeholders. Clinical trials […]
Tomorrow’s clinical trials workforce will face demands and expectations almost unimaginable today. To thrive, the workforce is going to need a new level of training, greater diversity, and richer understanding of so-called “soft skills” such as communication to take clinical trial quality, efficacy, and efficiency to the next level, says a new white paper […]
“Long-standing systemic health and social inequities have put some members of racial and ethnic minority groups at increased risk of getting COVID-19 or experiencing severe illness, regardless of age,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes in a June report. Among its findings: Hispanic or Latino persons have an infection rate approximately […]
