CEO Paul J. Hastings discusses Nkarta's decision to bring outpatient dosing into the community setting, including how it communicated with the FDA on safety and how the changes will improve patient access.
- Why Cell And Gene Therapy Has Not Reached More Patients — And Why Clinical Operations Is The Bridge
- Safety Is The Mantra In Kivu Bioscience's ADC Trials For Solid Tumors
- Taking On Patient Recruitment From Another Angle — The Payer
- Clinical Trial Ads, Informed Consent, And Half-Hearted Regulation
- My View: The Clinical Trials Technology Congress
- FDA's HALO Platform And Elsa 4.0: Five Critical Risks For Sponsors
- Biotech Ecosystem Helps Advance A New Approach To Inflammation Into Trials
GUEST COLUMNISTS
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FDA's HALO Platform And Elsa 4.0: Five Critical Risks For Sponsors
Discover five critical risks created by HALO's architecture and Elsa 4.0's expanded capabilities. Then, learn how to implement practical safeguards sponsors to implement immediately.
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Biotech Ecosystem Helps Advance A New Approach To Inflammation Into Trials
BioAegis Therapeutics CEO Susan Levinson, Ph.D., talks about the role of partner and regulatory support in bringing their investigational immunotherapy into the clinic.
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Synaptic Regeneration And The Future Of Alzheimer's R&D
For too long, treating Alzheimer’s disease has been a case of “managed decline.” We need to move beyond slowing disease progression toward achieving tangible functional recovery.
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FDA Form 483 Responses: The Difference Between Explaining An Observation And Demonstrating Control
ADRES Bio's Rivka Zaibel walks sponsors through the proper response to an FDA Form 483, emphasizing the need to show understanding and control of the situation.
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Judgement-Based Project Management Builds Partners' Trust
Project managers often operate under rules that govern how and when they execute tasks. But that doesn't always include room for individual judgment. But judgement, argues Jason Bork, is the differentiator in successful partnerships.
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How Did You End Up In Clinical Research?
To commemorate Clinical Trials Day, we asked clinical researchers to share their story, answering, "How did you get into clinical research?"
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From CRO Management To Networked Governance: The New Quality Imperative
The clinical research industry once emphasized transactional vendor management, but now it requires broader governance to enable the level of quality that enables scalability and success.
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Will FDA's One-Day Inspection Pilot Stand The Test Of Time?
FDA's complementary pilot could help weed through a persistent examination backlog, but uncertainty and upheaval in leadership at the top puts its future in question.
CLINICAL TRIAL WHITE PAPERS
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eSource Purpose Is Not Just To Complete The EDC
Central eSource transforms data capture from a passive, back-end chore into an active, real-time quality and compliance engine—delivering benefits that extend beyond faster EDC feeds and reduced SDV.
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Immunohistochemistry In Precision Medicine: From Biomarker To Clinical Trial Assay6/17/2025
From preclinical validation to clinical implementation, immunohistochemistry (IHC) is essential in understanding target biology and ensuring drug safety and efficacy.
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Unlock The Power Of Clinical Data Science3/9/2026
Discover a unified, AI‑driven approach that helps clinical teams manage growing data complexity, accelerate insight generation, and improve trial oversight to enable faster decisions.
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Reduce Avoidable Protocol Amendments By Anticipating Operational Pitfalls5/13/2026
This report examines how amendment drivers vary across therapeutic areas and how those changes impact execution, patient burden, site workload, timelines, and study costs.
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De-Risking The Neurology IND: Lessons From Early FDA Engagement5/27/2026
Learn how early FDA alignment can help your neurology program move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and regulatory readiness.
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Navigating The Complexities Of Clinical Trial Site Payments Forecasting7/9/2024
Advanced technology and best practices have the potential to revolutionize clinical trial site payment forecasting, leading to significant improvements in overall trial efficiency and management.
CLINICAL TRIAL APP NOTES & CASE STUDIES
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CRO Takes Trial Build Times From Weeks To Days5/27/2025
Recognizing the inefficiencies in traditional build processes, a top global CRO partnered with Medable to transform its approach to clinical trial launch.
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Study Analysis – Site Payment Automation12/8/2025
By removing administrative bottlenecks, see how automation improves cash flow for sites, reduces operational burden for sponsors, and supports smoother, more predictable trial execution.
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Optimizing Chronic Cough Phase 3 Trials With Point-Of-Need Eye Assessments1/15/2025
Collaboration was key for Company W to overcome challenges with an FDA-mandated ocular substudy, including limited resources for ocular assessments and logistical difficulties
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Overcoming Participant Compliance Challenges In A Medical Device Study9/9/2024
Uncover how Catalyst Clinical Research enhanced participant compliance and streamlined scheduling for a TENS device study using the TrialKit platform, with crucial support from CDS.
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DTx Company Leverages Real-World Evidence Platform In Registry Study8/19/2024
Discover how Castor’s eClinical system enabled a groundbreaking study in behavioral disorder treatment to collect Real-World Evidence (RWE) to support product research and claims.
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How We Used Intelligent Automation to Transform Vendor Selection7/2/2025
Discover how your small biotech can achieve faster timelines, improved cost control, and more strategic, transparent choices with a platform leveraging intelligent automation.
NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE
- 06.01.26 -- Why Site Engagement Isn't Just A Role Anymore
- 05.29.26 -- Sharing Clinical Trial Results With Participants Builds Trust
- 05.29.26 -- Improve Your Patient Recruitment Success
- 05.28.26 -- From CRO Management To Networked Governance
- 05.28.26 -- Prepare For 2026 With Systems That Scale With Every Stage Of Growth
RECRUITMENT AND DIVERSITY
This section includes some helpful resources regarding patient recruitment and diversity in clinical trials, including this link to the FDA's guidance on diversity action plans.
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CEO Paul J. Hastings discusses Nkarta's decision to bring outpatient dosing into the community setting, including how it communicated with the FDA on safety and how the changes will improve patient access.
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Medzown CEO Jennifer Carter, MD, discusses the challenge of patient recruitment and how coalescing around clinical care data might be a better “in” for recruitment.
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Should informed consent really start with clinical trials ads? And if not, why do IRBs need to be involved in their approval? Paul Ivisin unravels the tangled web of IRBs, regulators, and clinical trial advertisements.
FOCUS ON PATIENTS
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CEO Paul J. Hastings discusses Nkarta's decision to bring outpatient dosing into the community setting, including how it communicated with the FDA on safety and how the changes will improve patient access.
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For the next generation of obesity medicines, enhancing how patients experience therapy will inform discovery and development efforts and may ultimately determine long-term success.
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Being time conscious and attuned to patient needs are two contributing factors to trials that recruit and retain patients for the duration.