
Feb 3
The growing convergence between clinical research and clinical care—and ways the second Trump administration will be encouraging and supporting movement in that direction—was the topic of the opening keynote presentation made at this week’s Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) in Orlando. It was presented as an informal but informative dialogue between Janice Chang, CEO of TransCelerate Biopharma, and Mark McClellan, director of the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy.
Read the full article from Clinical Research News here.
One major challenge facing the clinical research ecosystem is not whether, but how to study drug safety and efficacy in pregnant and breastfeeding populations. A growing number of organizations—including the ICH E21 Expert Working Group (EWG) and TransCelerate’s Interpretation of Pharmacovigilance Guidances & Regulations (IGR PV) initiative—are diligently seeking ethical and responsible solutions to protect these…
The scientific community intended to protect pregnant and breastfeeding populations when it strictly limited their involvement in clinical trials after the thalidomide crisis of the 1950s-1960s. Yet over the past few decades, people have increasingly recognized the real-life challenges posed by the lack of research into the safety of medications used during pregnancy and breastfeeding.…
Patient safety depends partly on sponsor organizations’ compliance with pharmacovigilance (PV) regulatory requirements—even when global variations exist. Helping sponsors interpret and operationalize challenging PV regulations and guidances is the goal of TransCelerate’s Interpretation of Pharmacovigilance Guidances & Regulations (IGR PV) initiative. In this third installment of our IGR PV blog series, we will examine the solutions…