IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Clinical Leader Top 3 Articles For November 2015
By Ed Miseta, Chief Editor, Clinical Leader
Below are my top three articles downloaded on Clinical Leader for the month of November 2015. In case you missed them, please take this opportunity to see what everyone else was learning about electronic health records, patient centricity, and planning for clinical success.
Can Electronic Health Records Bring Down Drug Prices?
Protocol development is a difficult task. Even though we have experts within pharma companies and clinics designing good protocols, oftentimes they are simply not good enough. One way of measuring the quality of those protocols is looking at the number of protocol amendments pharma companies generate. These are generally due to a protocol being too complex, or the criteria being too strict. Generally, the end result is not enough patients enrolled in the study on time.
Good Planning And Enrollment Lead To Clinical Success
When preparing for a clinical trial, many factors can affect the success of your effort. Roger Mills, MD believes two of the biggest factors are proper planning and recruitment. Mills recently retired from the pharmaceutical industry, but before doing so had a long and successful tenure in the industry. His final position was as a clinical lead for Janssen R&D where he was responsible for study activities.
How To Bring Patients To The Table…And Use Their Feedback
As the Director of Global Oncology Patient Advocacy & Professional Relations for Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), one of William Tunno’s primary responsibilities is bringing the patient voice into the company. But when discussing the topic of patient centricity, he is quick to note it is not just the patient voice he is trying to bring into BI. The company is taking a thorough look at how it is interacting with all stakeholders, including patients, professional associations, and patient advocacy groups as well.
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