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Advancing and Safeguarding Clinical Research for a Better Tomorrow

Advarra

Institutional review boards (IRBs) play a crucial role in the ever-evolving field of clinical research. Innovations in fields such as immunotherapy, cancer and chronic diseases owe their existence to clinical trials, which judiciously test and evaluate safety and efficacy.

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Back to School for Graduate Studies in Clinical Research: A Snapshot of U.S. Programs

ACRP blog

ACRP reached out to experts from graduate programs in clinical research for a snapshot of how education in this field, especially at the master’s degree level, is holding up amidst rapidly evolving changes in the research enterprise itself. Some are recent undergraduates and others mid-career professionals or clinicians.

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3 Ways to Fast Track Your Career in Clinical Research

XTalks

If you’ve spent some time working as a clinical research associate (CRA) and are looking to advance your career, you might be wondering where to start. Here are three ways to advance your career in clinical research. In addition, ICON runs a graduate program to train the next generation of clinical researchers.

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On Clinical Trials Day, CVS shares lessons learned from one year providing trial services

pharmaphorum

In recent years the retail pharmacy chain has begun to delve more and more deeply into the healthcare sector – by constantly expanding the basic healthcare services offered at their instore Minute Clinics, and by buying into the health insurance insurance space with their $69 billion purchase of Aetna in 2017. JR: Let’s flip it.

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CVS, Medable alliance aims to tackle diversity in clinical trials

pharmaphorum

CVS will harness Medable’s decentralised trials software, deploying it in thousands of CVS MinuteClinics across the US, to create a network that could unlock access to clinical research studies for millions of Americans, according to the healthcare group.

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Why I Fight | A message from Gary Fishbein, MD, MPH

Worldwide Clinical Trials

I think all of us in oncology, whether we’re in nursing, in pharmacy, or on the medical side, are very interested in bridging that gap between what’s happening in the lab and what can be brought to the patients. Every Patient Is Precious.

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Survey of Site Staff Offers Best Tactics to Target for Improving Participant Diversity

ACRP blog

Clinical trial sites that offer their study volunteers travel-related reimbursement and services, translated documents and translator services, and adequate compensation can have the most impact in terms of achieving diverse enrollment of participants, according to a new survey by a quartet of clinical researchers.