Health Research and Clinical Trials – Improving Health Care for Everyone

Health research and Clinical trials

Health Research and Clinical Trials – Improving Health Care for Everyone

Do you ever wonder how prescription medications make their way to your local pharmacy? Clinical trials and health research play a vital role in maintaining the world population’s health on a regular basis. Without the proper research and clinical trials, many patients would still be suffering from ailments that are easily cured with medications now. […]

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November 11th, 2016
New circulars released by CDSCO

Streamlined clinical trial requirements in India now in place

Effective 2nd August 2016, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) India released new circulars in relation to the conduct of clinical trials. These new circulars have modified the trial requirements for sponsors wishing to conduct clinical trials in India. Furthermore, the CDSCO have addressed matters that may assist in reducing clinical trial timelines and […]

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November 9th, 2016

Expanding Data Management Services in China

EDC has become the data management platform of choice around the world, offering advantages such as increasing the quality and timely collection of data. Medrio, an EDC company that offers eClinical software solutions, has quoted that 70% of clinical trials are using EDC as a forms of collecting data in the United States. In China, […]

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November 7th, 2016
Excellent infrastructure in Korea

Excellent infrastructure and site quality that attracts global clinical trials to Korea

The rising presence of clinical trials (CT) in the Asia-Pacific region is predominantly driven by the East Asian region which includes China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Over the past decade, Korea has become a global clinical trial hub and is one of the leading clinical trial destinations in the Asian region; with approximately […]

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November 5th, 2016
ECTN

The electronic CTN form (eCTN)

In Australia, The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is responsible for the regulation of therapeutic goods (TG) – including medicines, vaccines, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostics and biologicals. They provide oversight over manufacturing, import and export of therapeutic goods, clinical trials (CT) and regulatory approvals processes. Australia is well known for its efficient CT start up timelines; […]

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November 3rd, 2016
CRT

Cluster Randomized Trials – a HeadPost study

The concept of grouping subjects for randomization is called cluster randomized trials (CRT) – this concept is becoming increasingly common when randomizing large groups. However, when CRTs involve interventions at a cluster level, informed consent from participants may not always be possible to obtain. As informed consent is a fundamental ethical requirement for clinical trials, […]

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October 28th, 2016
Cross collaboration with CRO and Phase I unit

Cross Collaboration with CRO and Phase I Unit

A Phase I study is the first time a new drug or treatment procedure is tested in-humans. The purpose of this phase is to determine the metabolism and pharmacologic actions of the drug in-humans, the side effects associated with increasing doses, and, if possible, to gain early evidence on effectiveness. Phase I studies in-human participants […]

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October 26th, 2016
Clinical research for diabetes and more

Record-setting metrics for Chinese Phase III Diabetes Study

Access to large markets where clinical trials that can investigate real patient needs, and do so in a rapid fashion, is invaluable for clinical research organisations.  One such example of George Clinical rapid and access to huge markets took place in China, where diabetes patients numbered up to 90 million in 2010, and the most […]

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October 20th, 2016
Benefits that electronic health records bring to a healthcare facility

Benefits that electronic health records bring to a Healthcare facility

Either because of financial, legal or operational reasons, many companies including those in healthcare, are still stuck in the paper world when it comes to data and document management. Now that technology has become so much more advanced, switching to electronic health data format has a slew of advantages and benefits that can’t and shouldn’t […]

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October 18th, 2016

Streamlined clinical trial requirements in India now in place

Effective 2nd August 2016, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) India released new circulars in relation to the conduct of clinical trials. These new circulars have modified the trial requirements for sponsors wishing to conduct clinical trials in India. Furthermore, the CDSCO have addressed matters that may assist in reducing clinical trial timelines and […]

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August 12th, 2016

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