Newsletter | July 16, 2026

07.16.26 -- Beyond the IND Clock: Understanding QRIs Before the July 22 Comment Deadline

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Rewriting the Code: Advances and Challenges in Pediatric Gene Therapy

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REGULATORY COMPLIANCE

Beyond The IND Clock: The Legal Architecture Of QRIs And What Industry Must Say Before July 22 (Part 2)

The FDA's Operation TrailBlazer includes a proposal to speed up IND review and approval. But Kimberly Chew and Odette Hauke say its legal architecture is unresolved and reveals compliance issues that are hard to ignore.

The Power Of AI To Advance Digital Health Innovation

Watch how leading experts turn AI into practical tools, from expanding immunotherapy access through remote monitoring to capturing Parkinson's outcomes right from patients' homes.

Strong Regulatory Foundations For Early-Phase Drug Development

Discover how an integrated regulatory strategy can help streamline development and accelerate your path to the clinic.

Meeting The FDA's New Real-World Evidence Standards

FDA guidance is reshaping RWE strategy. Sponsors that build interoperable, audit-ready RWD infrastructure now will be best positioned for faster, defensible submissions.

EU Clinical Trial Compliance: De-Risking CTR & CTIS

This essential guide walks through mastering the complex landscape of EU clinical trial regulations, providing a clear, practical breakdown of regulatory timelines, legal obligations, and more.

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This webinar highlights challenges sponsors face managing CRO change orders, including scattered communication, limited budget visibility, and difficulty tracking revisions and impact. It emphasizes the need for structured processes and technology to improve collaboration, financial transparency, and auditability. Attendees will learn best practices for managing budgets, tracking projections vs. actuals, and reducing inefficiencies in study financial management.

OUTSOURCING

Why Building Long-Term Value And Making Clinical Progress Are Inextricable

Dicot Pharma CEO Elin Trampe discusses how clinical milestones, financing strategy, shareholder value, and partnering considerations must be tightly integrated in early development through late-stage planning. 

How A Biotech Startup Transformed Its Clinical Trial Supply Management

A small biotech risked losing patients to drug supply gaps and manual processes. See how the right RTSM partner delivered the flexibility and hands-on support their rare disease trial needed.

Expedite Drug Development With An Integrated CDMO-CRO Model

From optimizing first-in-human strategies to leveraging AI-enabled digital architectures, the integrated CDMO-CRO services model reduces risk and maximizes program value.

Price Matters - Why Dash Believes In Transparency

Opaque pricing slows decisions and erodes trust. Transparency clarifies cost drivers, improves budgeting, enables confident sourcing, and strengthens long-term R&D partnerships.

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