Articles by Mathini Ilancheran

  1. The Supply & Demand For Clinical Trial Staffing In 2022 & Beyond 5/5/2022

    The clinical trial staffing market is a high-margin market due to increasing numbers of clinical trials globally and high demand for resources. With the ongoing shortage of CRAs and those in other clinical operations roles, it is important for pharma companies to understand the current trends and how technology providers can help you tackle the attrition problem and manage the growing demand.

  2. Trends In Decentralized Clinical Trial Remote Monitoring For Medication Adherence 2/23/2022

    With the implementation of real-time remote monitoring technology, pharmas will be able to do more remote studies that require clinical trial patients to visit sites less frequently. This will remove the burden on patients and improve patient recruitment and retention. This article focuses on the patient medication adherence market.

  3. Use Of Wearable And Sensor Applications In Clinical Trials Is Booming 10/26/2021

    Experts predict 50% of clinical trials will incorporate wearables and sensors by 2025, compared to the 10 to 15% at present. This article shares market research on the use of wearables and sensors in clinical trials, including smartwatches, ingestible sensor-embedded pills, and more.

  4. Decentralized Trials: Trends & Technology Propelling Home Healthcare Services 6/15/2021

    Moving some trial site activities into patients’ homes has been shown to increase recruitment by 60% or more, and it typically maintains patient retention at over 90%. This article delves into research regarding trends and technology enabling decentralized trials.

  5. The Asia-Pacific Region: A Hot Spot For Clinical Trials 3/2/2021

    The Asia-Pacific region has become the hot spot for conducting clinical trials. Why? There is an ease of regulatory compliance, a low cost of conducting studies, a growing patient population, and the presence of a few top clinical institutions acting as sites.

  6. COVID-19's Impact On The Clinical Trial Ancillary Supplies Industry 9/24/2020

    With restrictions on logistics, and countries implementing new restrictions to address increasing COVID-19 cases, it’s important to understand how to manage clinical trials’ ancillary supplies — like sourcing from the right suppliers, managing distribution to all trial sites, stock management, and response to new regulations.

  7. Digital Platforms For Patient Engagement In Clinical Trials — Trends & Outlook 2/14/2019

    Pharmaceutical companies have three targeted users: physicians, pharmacists, and patients. Various digital platforms are used to create a good customer experience for educating these end users. The core focus is on patients driving patient care, education, and adherence.

  8. An Introduction To Financial Benchmarking In Biopharma Clinical Development 10/16/2018

    The high cost and failure rate of new drug candidates going through clinical trials are well documented and a recurring subject of research both by industry and academia.1 Further, the cost of drug development is a debated topic, and there is no consensus on what the “true cost” is because of the different methods used for these calculations.2 The lack of adequate comparable cost data and value measures also makes it difficult for pharmaceutical sponsors and trial sites to implement financial benchmarking for planning, costing, and budget management.

  9. An Analysis Of Clinical Development Benchmarking Practices 4/3/2018

    Pharma companies use performance and competitive benchmarking to identify opportunities during their drug development cycle. The benchmarks are aimed at finding ways to make improvements in cost savings, lead time reduction (faster drug to market), and quality of services.

  10. Analyzing The Top Clinical Trial Outsourcing Trends Of 2017 12/28/2017

    In 2017, clinical development services did not witness any significant changes in terms of price index, input cost, and supply-demand gap in comparison to 2016. However, market competition increased, with the supply market seeing continuous mergers and acquisitions, resulting in consolidation and CROs competing for market share in terms of enhanced therapeutic area expertise, geographic reach, full-service capability, technology, and increased functional capability.