Cost and time for clinical development constitute more than 70% of the total development of any drug! Small – mid-scale biopharma are known for their innovative approaches, agility, and faster developments. However, clinical development has always been one step too important, yet too hard for them. There are ways to overcome these challenges and optimize […]

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Most of the small and mid-size pharma are stressed out while outsourcing pre-clinical and clinical development to CRO (Contract Research Organization). Selection factors differ while choosing CRO for large and small-medium scale companies. These include factors like budgeting, multiple region selection, and approaches. Increased outsourcing is seen in pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, with 85 percent of […]

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Patient recruitment in rare disease clinical trials presents several difficulties. These challenges include limited eligible patients, dispersed geographic distribution, low disease awareness, site and investigator identification difficulties, and ethical considerations. They hinder participant enrollment and cause trial completion delays. Over the past few years, the rate of drug development in rare diseases has been increasing. […]

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The development of drugs in rare diseases provides great opportunities to pharma companies along with challenges that are required to overcome during drug discovery, pre-clinical, and clinical stages of drug development. Commercially rare diseases drug development differs from traditional diseases, as there are considerably few patients to take the drug, therefore pharmaceutical companies should consider […]

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A case record form (CRF) is a great and necessary tool used in clinical trials to collect data from each participating patient. CRF (also referred to as case report form) has historically been on paper (unlike electronic ones these days). Traditionally, something like carbon copy paper, where the sponsor can utilize one sheet for the Trial Master […]

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Conducting clinical trial feasibility is one of the first and crucial steps involved in any clinical study process. Clinical trial feasibility helps in assessing the potential of investigators, the country’s potential for conducting the trial, and many more aspects involved to execute a clinical trial successfully. Clinical trial feasibility Clinical trial feasibility is an assessment […]

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This article was last updated on 17/11/2025 Clinical trial feasibility is a process that evaluates the possibility of conducting a clinical trial in a specific region or at selected medical centers/sites. It answers key questions: Can we finish on time? Can enough patients be recruited? Is it financially and operationally feasible? This is an integral […]

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Identification and selection of clinical trial sites and clinical investigators remain one of the first and most crucial decisions that clinical trial managers take. This also happens to be the one that may define the success (or, failure) of the project. We had been seeing the impact of site/investigator identification on clinical trial successes time […]

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Clinical research is an indispensable section of human healthcare today. It forms the major part of any drug development effort and thousands of doctors and scientists worldwide actively engage in it. Trial Managers – Investigators Trial managers, monitors, research associates, site specialists, site identification and selection teams are always in search of experienced, qualified, and […]

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