• Thermo Fisher on the Rise of Next-Generation Sequencing CDx

    Clinical Research News | In oncology, it is well appreciated that time is life. Diagnostics are therefore valuable not just to determine the disease state of patients but how best to treat them, says Jane Li, senior director of oncology, pharma, and CRO partnerships related to clinical sequencing at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

    May 7, 2024

  • eConsent In Decentralized Clinical Trials - A Path To Participant Empowerment And Transparency

    Clinical Research News | Electronic consent, or eConsent, has emerged as a cornerstone in the decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) landscape. Central to this is the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) resounding endorsement of electronic methodologies for obtaining informed consent from clinical trial participants.

    May 3, 2024

  • New Test Looks at Unique Response of MS Patients to Epstein-Barr Virus

    Clinical Research News | Significant evidence now exists implicating the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) as a causal factor in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), making treatment of the virus a priority. To that end, research scientists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a blood test to measure the immune response to EBV that could be used as an outcome measure in future clinical trials in people with established MS.

    May 1, 2024

  • Bayesian Statistics: An Important Yet Underutilized Paradigm in Rare Disease and Small Population Drug Development

    Clinical Research News | Advances in medical understanding and treatment approaches are driving a revolution in the rare disease space. Approaches such as gene therapies and biologics are offering previously unimagined opportunities to tackle unmet need, changing, and even saving, lives.

    Apr 26, 2024