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Stop Choosing Between Clinical Supply Waste and Supply Chain Risk to Inform Forecasting Decisions
Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Clinical trials are becoming more complex as new designs are introduced. The challenge in clinical supply forecasting is to set the threshold of supplies for enrolling sites as low as possible but as high as necessary, taking into account all variable factors as well as required stocking of the depots, expiration date and the overall availability of the clinical drug.
Oct 4, 2016
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New Drug for Severe Eczema Is Successful in 2 New Trials
New York Times | Atopic dermatitis causes itching so extreme that many patients consider suicide. In trials, most patients said symptoms waned in the first two weeks of taking a new drug.
Oct 3, 2016
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Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
The New York Times | A cell biologist, Dr. Ohsumi was recognized for his work on autophagy, the process by which cells recycle their content.
Oct 3, 2016
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goBalto, Medidata, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and more: News from September 2016
Clinical Informatics News Briefs | New partnerships and products from the Duke Clinical Research Institute, goBalto, Medidata, and more.
Sep 29, 2016
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The Right Patients For The Right Trials
Clinical Informatics News | Companies such as TrialsLoop and Genospace are looking to provide services that open links between clinical trials and their participants that will benefit the medical community and, ultimately, the world we live in.
Sep 28, 2016
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Doctors Dig for More Data About Patients
Wall Street Journal | In effort to predict health problems, doctors are looking at a broad range of personal information about patients
Sep 28, 2016
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Chinese Clinical Trials Data 80% Fabricated
Radio Free Asia | A government report reveals a huge scandal around the approval of new pharmaceuticals for the domestic market.
Sep 28, 2016
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Data Crisis Who Owns Your Medical Records?
San Diego Magazine | Electronic records are increasingly hard to keep secure and store, especially with the proliferation of patient-generated data.
Sep 26, 2016
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Advancing Health IT and Preventing Data Blocking through Model Contract Language
The Health Care Blog | Andy Slavitt and Vindell Washington together outline their efforts to make sure the technologies and infrastructures to support patients are on track.
Sep 26, 2016
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When “Actionable” Genomic Sequencing Results Cannot Be Acted Upon
JAMA Oncology | Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher recalls an interaction he had with a participant involved in genomic sequencing, in which the term “actionable” led to false hope and dashed expectations.
Sep 23, 2016
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Biotech School How to Spot Hidden Danger Signs in Clinical Trial Data
TheStreet | Adam Feuerstein gives his take on how to read clinical trial data to find red flags and secrets companies might be hiding.
Sep 23, 2016
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FDA Commissioner Calls For Sarepta Drug Study To Be Retracted
STAT | The study explored whether the Sarepta drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can sufficiently produce higher levels of a protein that provides mobility.
Sep 22, 2016
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More Doctors To Retire As MACRA And Value-Based Pay Hit
Forbes | Nearly half of U.S. physicians plan to "accelerate" their retirements, cut back on patients or seek "non-clinical roles" as regulations like MACRA take hold, according to The Physicians Foundation.
Sep 21, 2016
