Newsletter | January 29, 2026

01.29.26 -- Digital Protocols Are At An Inflection Point: A Conversation With Novartis And TransCelerate Leaders

FEATURED EDITORIAL

Digital Protocols Are At An Inflection Point: A Conversation With Novartis And TransCelerate Leaders

Digital protocols can reduce manual effort and support faster, more consistent downstream study execution, reporting, and submissions, explain TransCelerate BioPharma’s Rob DiCicco and Novartis’ Bill Illis.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS

How Can Sponsors Enable Research-Naïve Clinical Trial Sites

Clinical trial capacity in the U.S. is heavily concentrated, and technology is playing a critical role in enabling a shift to expanding site networks and alleviating the burden on sites and patients.

Dive Into Core Topic Areas Of The HEOR field

Join us to see how HEOR drives impact across the global healthcare landscape.

Why Now Is The Right Time To Adopt eConsent

As much as eConsent helps staff, participants are also likely to prefer it over traditional paper methods. Unveil the benefits of eConsent and some strategic steps sites can take right now to adopt the process.

Bringing Clinical Research To The Patient Using Patient-Centric Tech

By enabling consistent patient–technology engagement, smart hubs provide a sustainable way to support successful, high‑quality clinical trials in an evolving drug‑development landscape.

New AI Assistant Aids In Clinical Settings

Discover a new AI Copilot that revolutionizes clinical data analysis and offers seamless deployment with intuitive question-answering, chart generation, and content integration.

The Vendor Selection Blunder: An Expensive Oversight In Clinical Trials

Vendor selection isn’t just procedural — it shapes trial outcomes. Even with a solid process, missteps can ripple through timelines, budgets, and team morale. Choose wisely.

Clinical Trials Are The Global Biopharma Industry's Biggest Headache

Explore how technology-driven, patient-centered innovation is transforming clinical trials to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and deliver smarter development outcomes.

Beyond Integration: Flexible Orchestration Of IRT And eCOA Solutions

Consider how integrated response technologies and electronic clinical outcomes assessments can improve configurability, study start-up, and flexible mid-study changes.

Taming The Complex Clinical-Trial Ecosystem

To navigate the growing number of vendor portals required for clinical trials, sites are seeking a vendor- and sponsor-agnostic solution to enable single sign-on and study organization.

Human-Centered RTSM Design Enhances Data, Safety, And Operations

Uncover how this human-centered approach to RTSM prioritizes user experience (UX) and interface design (UI) to reduce complexity, minimize errors, and improve compliance.

SOLUTIONS

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