Contract Research Organisations (CROs)

By Lucy Radley, Head of EU Regulatory Development, ProPharma. A rare disease is defined as a condition which affects less than one in 2000 people. Although individually they are very rare, collectively they are common with one in 17 people (around 3.5 million) in the UK being affected by a rare disease at some point […]

According to a report by Cpl Life Sciences and Vacancysoft, 2022 has remained consistently steady for the life sciences industry in Europe in terms of recruitment, though still below 2021 levels.  The yearly forecast shows that vacancies could reach around 13,684 by the end of 2022, a year-on-year growth of 9% compared to 2021.   Contract […]

Clinical research organisation (CRO) Emmes has unveiled a dedicated centre to expand its cell and gene therapy research.  The new centre will offer research services in clinical trial operations, study leadership, statistical services, data management, and pharmacovigilance.  Adam Mendizabal has been named the scientific leader of the Cell and Gene Therapy Center.  Mendizabal said: “Innovations […]

DDW sits down with Mark Matson, Senior Solution Specialist for Sensor Cloud at Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, about the use of digital biomarkers in life sciences and how they can help advance our understanding of disease.  How do we define digital biomarkers?  Digital biomarkers are data, or metrics, collected using digital health technologies to help describe […]