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FEATURED ARTICLES
What's Wrong With Site Benchmarking? A Site-Centered Perspective On Its Alignment, Transparency, And Use
Benchmarking is widely used and highly valued, yet trust in it is limited. The League Benchmarking Working Group has set out to standardize how site metrics are defined, contextualized, and applied.
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![Healthcare, cooperation, teamwork-GettyImages-2191354117]( "How Acquiring Sponsors Can Keep Post-Acquisition Clinical Operations Running Smoothly")
How Acquiring Sponsors Can Keep Post-Acquisition Clinical Operations Running SmoothlyWhen acquiring another company, the acquiring sponsor must preserve operational continuity across active trials while integrating new assets, teams, technologies, vendors, and decision structures. Leila Cupersmith explains how.
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![Three headshots_450x300]( "3 Views From Inside FDA's RTCT Pilot")
3 Views From Inside FDA's RTCT PilotThe FDA's RTCT pilot promises to bring clinical trials into the real-time era, but questions remain about governance, oversight, and implementation. We asked three organizations participating in the initiative what they see as the opportunities, challenges, and realities behind the FDA's most ambitious modernization effort in years.
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![Computer Science Research Laboratory with Robotic Arm Model-GettyImages-968289652]( "How AI Is Reshaping RTSM Study Builds")
How AI Is Reshaping RTSM Study BuildsHow Agentic RTSM cuts study build timelines by up to 80%, accelerating kickoff-to-UAT while maintaining compliance, quality, and auditability in clinical trials.
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In today’s regulatory climate, ongoing discussion about FDA workload, funding constraints, and shifting review priorities have sparked anxiety across the biopharma industry — especially for sponsors preparing for key submissions like INDs or NDAs. At Veristat, our most recent interactions reflect continued responsiveness and constructive engagement from FDA.