Partnering & Outsourcing Editorial

1. When To Outsource — And How To Pick The Perfect Clinical Trial Partners 5/9/2025

   EMED Technologies Director of Clinical Affairs Alex Nikanorov shares the company’s approach to deciding which clinical research functions to outsource and finding vendor partners that align with the company’s goals.

2. What The Heck Are Financial Accruals? A Guide To Understanding The Mysterious Finance Brain 5/2/2025

   Clinical finance consultant Chris Chan helps clinical professionals understand financial accruals concepts and interpret requests from finance colleagues.

3. How AI Redefines The Functional Service Provider Opportunity In Medical Affairs 4/7/2025

   Medical affairs can no longer afford to operate within legacy structures. Enter AI-enabled functional service provider (FSP) models that offer operational relief.

4. Multiple Partnerships Help Drive Precision Medicine Trial For Parkinson's 3/31/2025

   Neuron23 CMO Sam Jackson, MD, explains the company’s desire to set a new standard in precision medicine for neurology, backed by well-aligned partnerships and fit-for-purpose digital biomarker solutions. 

5. How PDS Biotech Approached FDA Meetings For Its Phase 3 Cancer Trial 2/11/2025

   PDS Biotech CMO Kirk Shepard reveals his team’s interactions with the FDA as it sought to begin its Phase 3 trial for the treatment of HPV-positive recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

6. Biopharma R&D Faces Productivity And Attrition Challenges In 2025 1/29/2025

   Evaluate VP of Thought Leadership Daniel Chancellor discusses trends for 2025 as the surge in R&D, coupled with rapidly evolving industry dynamics, presents a productivity and attrition challenge for the industry.

7. Tech Vendors Are Today's Don Quixotes 1/28/2025

   Don Quixote is known for tilting at windmills, believing them to be enemies. Today, it seems, emerging tech solution developers are embodying the spirit of the quixotic knight centuries later.

8. Should You Choose An FSP Model? It Depends… 1/10/2025

   Small biotechs are often drawn to an FSP model because they believe it’s a less expensive option as compared to an FSO. But that’s not always the case, says Réne Stephens of Danforth Advisors, who gives some examples of what to consider before making your choice of outsourcing solution.

9. Why Hire An Interim Chief Medical Officer? 1/6/2025

   Chief medical officers can drive substantial progress while still being cost-effective additions to a clinical team. Boyds CMO Karen Mullen, MBBS, FRCP, FFPM, GFMD discusses the value of an interim CMO.

10. Is Clinical Research Inclusive Or Extractive? 12/6/2024

    Pulling from the concept of "inclusive" and "extractive" discussed in recent coverage of research conducted by Nobel Prize in Economics winners, Eduardo F. Motti discusses the give and take in the clinical trials industry.