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Professionals and Patients Offer Mixed Views on Retail Pharmacy Chains’ Enthusiasm About Trials

ACRP blog

As several retail pharmacy chains proclaim a rosy outlook for ongoing efforts to expand their services into the clinical trials arena in the wake of the pandemic, traditional study site personnel and patients interviewed on the topic offered more mixed and nuanced concerns about the prospects for near-term success for such ventures.

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Professionals and Patients Offer Mixed Views on Retail Pharmacy Chains’ Enthusiasm About Trials

ACRP blog

As several retail pharmacy chains proclaim a rosy outlook for ongoing efforts to expand their services into the clinical trials arena in the wake of the pandemic, traditional study site personnel and patients interviewed on the topic offered more mixed and nuanced concerns about the prospects for near-term success for such ventures.

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Beyond blood tests: The evolution of digital biomarkers in clinical research

Drug Discovery World

With a staggering 450,000 clinical trials 3 registered globally to address these pressing health issues, and an average failure rate of 90% 4 , the call to accelerate and revolutionise clinical research is paramount. They mark a significant shift in clinical research, utilising technology to capture real-time patient data.

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Steps to building a more patient-centric industry

pharmaphorum

A recent survey of clinical trial professionals found that more than two-thirds of respondents (61%) believe giving patients choice will have a positive impact on clinical research, and well over half (58%) said that their organisations plan to give patients the option to choose how they participate in clinical trials moving forward.

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Advancing Medical Record Management: The Power of AI/ChatGPT

XTalks

Many of us can recall instances when doctors printed out prescriptions, lab requests or X-ray orders and asked us to bring them along for medication or imaging procedures. We may have also experienced frustrations when pharmacies or doctors’ offices claimed they did not receive faxed prescriptions or lab results.

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A Q&A with Dr. Christine Senn: Chair, 2023 ACRP Board of Trustees

ACRP blog

As Christine Senn, PhD, CCRC, CPI, ACRP-CP, FACRP, Chief Integration Officer with Centricity Research, settles into her volunteer duties as the 2023 Chair of the Association Board of Trustees (ABoT) for ACRP, she took time to answer some questions about her outlook on the current state of the Association and the clinical research enterprise.

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Appreciating pharmacists’ role in healthcare

pharmaphorum

. “When some people think about the pharmacist, they instantly think of that person in the white coat in the neighbourhood pharmacy, and that’s certainly one of our practice settings,” Vatanka says. “But pharmacists work in hospitals and ambulatory care clinics, research, academia and beyond.”