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The Pharmacy Benefit No One Is Managing: Clinical Research As A Care Option
Pharmacies could make trials more accessible — if they preserve patient trust while research partners handle the operational burden.
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![creativity, innovation, big ideas, change-GettyImages-2151214459]( "The Big Idea Behind The Creation Of SIP")
The Big Idea Behind The Creation Of SIPJackie Kent, Lisa Moneymaker, and Jeanette Teague were among the early architects of the Shared Investigator Platform (SIP). In part one of this four-part series, they discuss SIP’s ambitious origins, the challenges of getting competing sponsors to collaborate, and why broad adoption was critical to delivering on its promise of reducing site burden.
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![GettyImages-1160313081 business]( "Don't Accept This Site-Level Start-Up Bottleneck— Instead, Learn How To Stop It")
Don't Accept This Site-Level Start-Up Bottleneck— Instead, Learn How To Stop ItCombining investigator meetings and SIVs can cut site activation timelines in half — if sponsors build a compliance-sound case and involve QA early.
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![Partnership or teamwork-GettyImages-658833916]( "Delays At The Handoff: Where Breakdowns Occur Among The Sponsor, CRO, And Site")
Delays At The Handoff: Where Breakdowns Occur Among The Sponsor, CRO, And SiteConsultant Jason C. Bork identifies 10 of the most common points at which a trial can break down before and after patient recruitment.
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