R&D/Clinical Trials

As the industry continues to face declining R&D productivity, one efficient way of making the failure rate lower is to use data, writes Adam Towvim.

Patient centricity requires clinical trials to be based on life outside the lab, writes Mads Holme.

Conversely, social media discussions about study requirements and procedures may discourage participation and undermine study integrity, according to experts at last week’s Drug Information Association (DIA) annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

William Looney reviews EvaluatePharma's World Preview 2015 - Outlook to 2020, launched at last week's BIO International Convention.

Drug development has never before been so difficult, time consuming and expensive. Accuracy in clinical trials, therefore, is a priority

Masters of the deal converge in New York to discuss the status of their trade and the forces propelling M&A, licensing, and partnerships in the life sciences for 2015.

Susan Crowley reviews the hotly debated agenda items from last month's World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

 This article originally appeared on Applied Clinical Trials.

Emerging technology partnerships in the biopharma space may be provide hope in accelerating patient enrollment, writes Michael Christel.

The concept of increasing the speed and efficiency of clinical trials is a well understood and agreed upon priority of most clinical operations professionals.

Current clinical trials are regarded as “too slow, too expensive, not reliable, and not designed to answer the important questions,” according to FDA’s new deputy commissioner for medical products &tobacco, Robert Califf.

Why executives should make the US R&D tax credit part of their planning discussions, by Chai Hoang and Chris Bard.

Meike Wenzel and Clifford Hall examine a new concept for early commercialization planning to facilitate good cross-functional working practice.

GlaxoSmithKline announces global vaccines research and design facility to be based in Rockville, MD, USA.

Moe Alsumidaie looks at data collection methods and concepts that can result in predicting patients at risk of dropping out from a clinical trial.

How will companies market similarity in a way that differentiates from the innovator? Customer experience may be the key.

The US drug regulatory system fails to address the country’s most urgent medical needs with the resources appropriate for the task. But change is possible.

AstraZeneca (AZ) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) have announced a multi-year, strategic research collaboration.

AstraZeneca (AZ) and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX) have announced a multi-year, strategic research collaboration.

According to experts on Pharm Exec's Editorial Advisory Board, 2015 is set to be another interesting year from a consolidation perspective.

The science of drug discovery is back on script-and the stars are cued up for a new generation of breakthrough therapies. But is pharma ready to raise its game and cut a deal with all those "prove it to me" payers?

Juan Pablo Bagó, general director of pharma in Argentina for the Bagó group, discusses the state of R&D in Argentina, and explains why his group is planning for a 75 percent of turnover from international markets in the coming years.

Amid a resurgence in drug development for hard-to-treat conditions, the bigger question is whether the times are as good for the industry tasked with rendering basic science into therapeutically effective medicines.

New research on the role of microbes in fighting disease is transforming the way medicine views bacteria, writes Lee Jones.

Pharma backs federal standards for compassionate use, drug importing, data transparency, and track-and-trace. Jill Wechsler reports.

Its only recently that vaccine producers experienced the commercial returns commensurate with vaccines: long record of positive public health performance.

The potential of comparative effective research in transforming healthcare remains untapped, but the opportunities are there, writes Michael Christel.

As interest grows in this productivity-enhancing tool for seamless drug development, there is a need for a better working consensus on standardized metrics that monitor progress and certify success.