Top 10 Clinical Trial Services Companies - 2022
The skyrocketing costs of clinical research are likely the first issue that comes to mind when it comes to barriers to pharma companies’ R&D efforts. However, ongoing research challenges are affecting far more than pharma companies’ bottom lines. To name just one high-profile example: Pfizer recently realized that patients taking one of their arthritis drugs might have reduced risk of developing Alzheimer’s. While that seems like positive news, the company ultimately opted out of testing the correlation. This was due to the risks, difficulties, and cost of R&D not being worth the potential upside.
In these unprecedented times, clinical trials have faced many uncertainties and broad-ranging challenges encompassing a range of activities including prioritizing patient safety amidst the pandemic, consenting and recruiting new participants into trials, data collection and management and intervention delivery. In many cases, recruitment has been paused whilst mitigations have been put in place to continue data collection. Innovative solutions have been implemented to ensure we continue, where possible, to deliver high-quality clinical trials.
Technology has provided many solutions to these challenges, and trial managers have adapted to new ways of working whilst continuing to deliver their clinical trials. Trial management groups are now faced with new uncertainties around re-starting clinical trials, and it is unclear currently how this will go, though working together with sponsors, funders and site teams is clearly a priority.
It’s great to have a wide breadth of sites, making your trial accessible to a variety of patients. But different kinds of sites (academic medical centers, private labs, hospitals, etc.) might have different data tracking systems in place. The average site uses a minimum of 12 different electronic systems to collect and capture clinical study data, making it difficult for sponsors to track this data in real-time. Recruitment companies can provide sponsors with a view into how their sites are doing, and can also serve as a backbone for sponsors who are balancing vendors. Antidote, for example, provides engagement tracking and optimization throughout the trial’s lifecycle.
We present to you, “Top 10 Clinical Trial Services Companies - 2022.”
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Top Clinical Trial Services Companies
