Search Tag: clinical trials

Pharmacy Management

35-partners-join-in-european-research-initiative-for-alzheimer-s-disease

2015 17 Jan

The European Prevention of Alzheimer's Dementia Consortium (EPAD) has announced the start of collaboration between academic and private sectors to test treatments for the prevention of Alzheimer's dementia.  The EPAD project is part of a global effort in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. It is sponsored by the European Commission and the European...Read more

Executive Health Management

Recommendations-for-clinical-studies-in-rare-cancers

2014 01 Nov

One out of every five new cancer patients is diagnosed with a rare cancer. However, the clinical evidence that is required to effectively treat these rare cancer patients is quite scarce. That is mainly because clinical trials require large number of patients, and as far as rare cancers are concerned, accruing such large numbers is difficult. That...Read more

IT Management

Kcr-moves-to-cloud-based-content-management-solution

2014 30 Oct

KCR, the European Contract Research Organization (CRO) operating across 19 European countries and in the U.S., has turned to the cloud in a move to improve cross-functional collaboration and trial operations. KCR will replace the mix of paper and file-share solutions used to manage trial master files with Veeva Systems’ cloud-based content management...Read more

IT Management

Kcr-date-forecaster-app-easier-scheduling-of-medical-appointments

2014 29 Oct

KCR, the European Contract Research Organisation, has announced the release of its Date Forecaster app. The app provides patients with smart scheduling and automatic reminders for doctor’s appointments and medical examinations. The app will be useful for patients involved in clinical trials, as well as undergoing medical treatment. The app can send...Read more

IT Management

Real-world-data-critical-for-healthcare

2014 20 Oct

A session at the European Health Forum 2014 put forward examples of best practices from projects and live implementation that are improving the way real world data can be used to improve healthcare. Clinical trial protocols often exclude relevant groups when evaluating medicines. They sometimes also fail to consider how a particular drug would...Read more

Cardiology Management

Cardiac-arrest-adrenaline-questioned

2014 17 Aug

Over the past decade several scientists have suggested that adrenaline, used for more than fifty years as a key part of resuscitation, may actually do more harm than good. This is based on the evidence that adrenaline may damage the brain by reducing blood supply to the head and may in fact diminish the patient's chances of survival. This is a definite...Read more

Executive Health Management

Transparency-matters-new-ema-agreement

2014 16 Jun

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has come to an agreement about its policy pertaining to the publication of clinical trial data, which will allow the agency to proactively share study results that are submitted with applications for marketing authorisation. The policy will enable academic and non-commercial researchers to download, save and print...Read more