Since, 2007, it has been mandatory to register most clinical trials on the government clinical trial registry, clinicaltrials.gov. According to the same law, results of clinical trials must be posted within 12 months of the completion date. Failing to do either could lead to penalties of $10,000 per day till the violation is corrected. A survey of … Read more
Time and again it has been debated if the public funding into academic research is justified in terms of the “return on investment”, namely, does academia generates enough products for general use compared to the R&D labs in industry. In a recent opinion piece in Wall St Journal, it was suggested that scientific innovation is not … Read more
Clinical monitoring is the most expensive component of a clinical trial. More than half of the total budget of a given clinical trial is allocated for monitoring costs. Monitoring is essential for source data verification (SDV). Additionally, up to 80% of the time spent to manage a trial goes into the logistics and execution of … Read more
