Have You Considered Outsourcing Your Project Management? Maybe You Should

By James Ditchburn, Associate Director, Statistical Programming

With the increase in novel trial designs, an increasingly complex research landscape and related costs, the pharmaceutical industry needs to work faster, leaner, and smarter to keep up with the pace of innovation and drive patient outcomes forward. Trial sponsors are increasingly leaning on functional service providers (FSPs) to deliver with additional efficiency, speed, and precision throughout the clinical development process.

As drug development continues to evolve, trial sponsors may want to have a broader discussion with their FSPs to determine what elements of trial design and execution can be managed by these valued partners, who may have specialized expertise and scalable processes - and technologies - to meet or surpass trial program goals. Clinical monitoring is commonly outsourced, but trial sponsors can also consider outsourcing project and line management across a broad range of functions including Statistical Programming. Outsourcing project oversight and line management responsibilities has several benefits for sponsors who are feeling the impact of delivering to tight timelines with reduced resources.