WINTER 2012

Functional pharma

As the pharmaceutical industry continues to move away from transactional outsourcing, functional service provider solutions are growing in popularity. Barry Balfe, vice-president of global operations at DOCS, explains how the DOCS FSP Delivery Platform can drive efficiencies across the clinical development spectrum.
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Eye on risk

The latest buzz in clinical research is 'risk-based monitoring'. Describing a project management approach that focuses only on the most important data, it is seeing a surge of adoptees throughout the industry. Shantal Feltham, president and CEO of Stiris Research, explains the probable benefits while counselling caution.
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Effectively outsourcing medical and laboratory equipment procurement

With investigator sites located across the globe, it is increasingly important to ensure that they all have the right equipment to undertake a clinical trial to its successful conclusion. Robin Wickham, general manager, explains how Woodley Equipment Company can source the most appropriate equipment for you, and ensure a smooth trial is delivered on time and in budget.
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