• Children’s Hospital Colorado Launches Research Institute For Children’s Health

    Clinical Research News | After more than 50 years of working together, Children’s Hospital Colorado has established a formal partnership with University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus to launch the Colorado Child Health Research Institute. The Institute aims to unite more than 500 physician-scientists, researchers, nurse-scientists, and other investigators and enable them to develop treatments that improve the lives and health of child patients.

    Jul 17, 2024

  • Digital Endpoints Gaining Ground in Industry-Sponsored Trials

    Clinical Research News | A recent analysis of interventional clinical trials by the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development (CSDD) has found that use of digital endpoints has been growing rapidly since 2015 with drug developers now initiating an average of about 35 such studies each year. News of the uptick isn’t entirely surprising, given mounting evidence that the approach can improve operational performance and ease patient burdens in clinical trials and in clinical practice, while [potentially] yielding financial net benefits to developers.

    Jul 16, 2024

  • Fresh Take on How to Conduct Rare Disease Clinical Trials

    Clinical Research News | A boutique clinical trial program launched less than two years ago to redirect the way clinical trials for rare diseases are conducted now knows it “vastly underestimated” demand. Uncommon Cures, a privately held U.S. company, already has eight signed contracts, is negotiating five more, and is actively talking with more than 50 clients about possible trials.

    Jul 11, 2024

  • Proscia, Nucleai Partner to Link Digital Pathology, AI-Predictive Biomarker Platforms

    Clinical Research News | Proscia and Nucleai are partnering to integrate Nucleai’s predictive biomarker solutions into Proscia’s Concentriq software platform and make them available as part of Proscia’s AI-enabled pathology portfolio to better inform patient care.

    Jul 9, 2024

  • FDA Releases New Draft Guidance on Diversity Action Plans for Clinical Studies

    Clinical Research News | Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a draft guidance, “Diversity Action Plans to Improve Enrollment of Participants from Underrepresented Populations in Clinical Studies,” to assist medical product sponsors in submitting Diversity Action Plans to support certain clinical studies. Comments on the draft guidance should be submitted by September 26, 2024.

    Jul 2, 2024