Cellular/ mobile phone has become an essential part of life in this modern world. A recent survey states that the number of worldwide cell phone users would reach 6 billion compared to the Internet users whose number is 32.7% of world’s population, by the end of 2012. The cell phone technology is added with many […]
Investigator meeting is an event that makes all the principal investigators and researchers to meet in person at one place to discuss and to get trained about the clinical study protocol. The sponsor hosts the investigator meeting and provides hands-on training and orientation for the investigators and study coordinators. The purpose of the investigator’s meeting […]
Quality Management has been a part of every industry over last many decades. The concept has evolved and refined over the years and has also changed the outlook of the industry. Hence, it is no surprise to consider it of prime importance in the clinical research arena. Since this industry puts in lots of efforts […]
Following are the ten major considerations (questions to ask) before participating in a Clinical Trial. It is a Patient’s Perspective of What You Need to Know. 1) Where do the ideas for clinical trials come from? The ideas for clinical trials are proposed by researchers. Every new drug research is at first tested with many […]
Many of us of in India, have heard about CDSCO and have got confused about its role and relation with DCGI. So what is CDSCO? CDSCO stands for Central Drugs Standard Control Organization. CDSCO is a licensing authority, a regulatory agency which approves any new chemical entity (drug) which is to be imported to India. […]
Patients who are administered medication, have faith in the medicine while having it. There is a belief of getting cured. The trust lies with the prescribing doctor & the pharmacist; who in turn rely on the manufacturer of the medicine for its quality. No one involved in this chain (neither the patient, the doctor or […]
A placebo controlled study is where subjects are randomly assigned to a placebo along with the intervention studied. In case there is no established/available (standard) treatment for a given condition; a placebo control is often the design of choice. However, questions are raised if a treatment is available that is more effective than the placebo. […]
The evolution of traditional medicine has taken place since thousands of years. This form of medicine has been very dominant in most of parts of South East Asia. In today’s world this form of practicing medicine is called Traditional Medicine or Complementary/Alternative medicine (TM/CAM). TM/CAM is monitored in this region under the regulations of WHO […]
A clinical trial enrols human volunteers to determine the safety and efficacy of the new or existing drugs or medical devices in different therapeutic conditions, while the subjects well-being and rights are protected. The success of a clinical research project depends upon the subject enrolment and randomization rate. To accelerate and enhance the patient enrolment, […]
In many cultures and scriptures the knowledge about the use of traditional plants was through. This was passed on within families from generations to generations. These were highly nourished but hardly any of it was documented; and if it was written then it was in local languages, which were pretty difficult to interpret. (Biswal M […]