• Merck Employs Virtual Reality To Combat Burden Of Long Study Visits

    Clinical Research News | As Merck recently learned, relationships with scientific leaders and outside experts can be critical to enhancing the pediatric patient experience. That was one of the take-home messages from a case study on how the company executed on a virtual reality innovation that took first place honors during Participant Engagement Award ceremonies at the recent Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE).

    Mar 16, 2022

  • New Pan-Cancer Prognostic Score Outperforms Existing Tools

    Clinical Research News | Roche has developed a pan-cancer prognostic scoring system useful for predicting patient survival in clinical trials and monitoring treatment progress over time. The score comprises 27 routinely collected clinical parameters and outperforms all other existing scores in every study phase, according to Anna Bauer-Mehren, data science lead for Roche Pharmaceutical Research and Early Development in Germany.

    Mar 15, 2022