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Minimizing Disruption Through Hybrid Clinical Trial Adoption

There have been significant disruptions in the healthcare industry in recent years, particularly in the conduct of clinical trials. The traditional, centralized model of clinical trial design has faced significant challenges in terms of patient recruitment, retention, and overall operational efficiency. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for a more adaptable and flexible approach… Read more »

Employee Spotlight: Women in Tech

Q&A with encapsia’s Executive Director of Business Development Temitope Keyes   Superior innovation and performance are achieved with diverse teams that bring new perspectives and skill sets. In acknowledgment of International Women’s Day, we’re shining the spotlight on women in…

Delayed Clinical Data and Its Impact

The increasing complexity of modern trials demands more intensive data capture. Innovative study designs seek to minimize patient exposure to potential risks, improve convenience and shorten therapy time-to-market —requiring collecting and assimilating more data points than ever before. Data now…

Five benefits of virtual clinical trials

Clinical trials are slow, costly, and inefficient. Different studies put the average cost of drug development at $1.3 to $2.8 billion— with clinical trials accounting for about two-thirds.  Traditional trials burden patients with financial and time-costly travel requirements. On average,…

Clinical trial platform provider encapsia welcomes new COO

Clinical trial management solutions provider, encapsia, has announced the appointment of Francis Destin as its new Chief Operating Officer. Francis brings more than 20 years of expertise to the role, specializing in the management of data-related projects in clinical trials…

Raising Awareness for Men’s Health, Including Prostate Cancer

November marks the start of Movember, an annual event involving the growing of moustaches to raise awareness of men’s mental health issues, as well as prostate and testicular cancer. Globally, more than 1.4 million men are diagnosed with prostate cancer…

Why decentralizing clinical trials helps with patient recruitment and retention

Patient recruitment and retention can be a challenge at various points in the clinical development process. Research suggests these challenges can lead to delays of between 1 to 6 months for most clinical trials. More, 11% of clinical research sites…

What are the four phases of clinical trials?

Clinical trials studying and evaluating new drugs evolve through a number of different stages known as 'phases". Early phase trials examine the safety and dosing of the candidate drugs, while later phase trials are concerned more with safety, tolerability and…

How to secure quality trial data that delivers a return on investment

The clinical trial landscape has seen unprecedented advances in automated data collection. Cutting-edge technology enables the interrogation and aggregation of vast quantities of data, which brings with it significant challenges in analysis and interpretation. Drug discovery and development is a…