Newsletter | December 23, 2025

12.23.25 -- Can't-Miss Advice On Selecting Your First AI-Enabled Vendor

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The Role Of Company Culture In Functional Service Provider (FSP) Partnerships

Clinical research sponsors rely on FSP models for flexibility and efficiency, but expertise alone doesn’t ensure success. This article explores how culture serves as a critical foundation for effective FSP partnerships, examining how intentional alignment between sponsors, CROs, and FSPs drives trust, collaboration, retention, and long-term results. Learn why understanding client culture, active listening, and internal values transform FSP engagements into strategic, enduring alliances.

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Can't-Miss Advice On Selecting Your First AI-Enabled Vendor

Quarles & Brady 's Simone Colgan Dunlap and Meghan O’Connor offer actionable guidance to help sponsor companies make informed, strategic choices in an evolving AI market.

Unified Patient Apps: The Future Of Trial Simplicity

Single-patient apps simplify trial complexity by centralizing engagement, data, and compliance. Explore why this approach is shaping the future of clinical research.

eSource Purpose Is Not Just To Complete The EDC

Turn your data into a real-time compliance engine with benefits far beyond faster EDC feeds and reduced SDV. See how Central eSource drives quality, speed, and confidence.

Digital Biomarker Upholds Adherence, User Satisfaction, Validity

Wearables and smartphones transform trials by capturing real-world data, revealing treatment impact, and strengthening trust in outcomes while making exploratory endpoints more powerful.

Redefining ALS Clinical Endpoints: Unlocking The Potential Of DHTs

Neurology drug development faces long timelines and high failure rates. Learn more about how wearable-enabled digital measures can accelerate progress in neuroscience.

eTMFs Uncovered: 5 Costly Misconceptions To Avoid

Critically examine prevalent myths surrounding electronic Trial Master Files (eTMFs) and their integration with electronic Investigator Site Files (eISFs).

Accelerate Study Startup Through Better Collaboration

Better collaboration accelerates study startup by streamlining document sharing, ethics tracking, and training while improving compliance, milestone visibility, and enrollment speed.

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Discover how streamlined ERP support can transform clinical operations — boosting efficiency, reducing complexity, and enabling smarter decisions for life sciences organizations navigating rapid growth

Real-Time Data Tracking And Compliance Monitoring

Unlock real-time data tracking, customizable reporting, and proactive compliance monitoring with the IQVIA eCOA Sculptor Portal to enhance clinical decision-making and ensure protocol adherence.

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Best Practices For Operationalizing Global, Early-Phase Oncology Trials

Early-phase oncology trials are growing more complex as regulatory expectations evolve and global development becomes the norm. With earlier dose optimization, adaptive designs, and multiregional execution now standard, sponsors face mounting operational and logistical challenges. This presentation shares real-world insights from industry experts on navigating global study startup, cohort management, site readiness, and regulatory alignment, offering practical strategies to execute early-phase oncology trials efficiently.

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