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ICON is one of seven leading Irish companies that just endorsed an open letter urging fellow corporate leaders to join the UNICEF Corporate Vaccine Alliance.

Learn how patient advocacy organisations and rare disease communities are driving change in US public policy to make safe and effective treatment options available to all patients.

Glycomics has been a largely overlooked area of study. Nevertheless, it has the potential to have a significant impact on precision medicine and healthcare as a whole.

Discover how in-home services and a global development strategy can help us get closer to more effective treatments.

The development of new, innovative digital technologies has provided the tools to rethink the way we design and conduct clinical trials. One area that has been particularly impacted by this digital age is anatomical pathology.

Discover why identifying the study objective during the planning process for PMCF studies is a critical step in the transition to MDR.

Regulations from 2017 set stricter requirements on manufacturers product development, data reporting, and quality assurance in place.

In June 2021, representatives of the European Parliament and the Council of European Union reached an agreement to boost cooperation amongst EU member States on HTA.

New technologies like wearables and mobile devices, in-home services, and increased patient engagement can change the way we treat Parkinson's disease.

The new In Vitro Diagnostics Regulation (IVDR) and Medical Device Regulation (MDR) provide regulatory frameworks and conformity assessments that promote medical device safety and efficacy.

Insight into the power of patient-registries and how they can be used to increase participation of neurodegenerative patients.

In March 2021 the Italian Medicines Agency adopted new guidelines for drug pricing and reimbursement decisions.

Insights and lessons learned about operationalizing the use of real world data.

Managed Access Programs (MAPs), are one solution for early access to investigational products that are gaining traction.

How big data can be leveraged by pharma to solve key challenges in patient recruitment and drug development.

Constant study and innovation of Parkinson's Disease (PD) research has shown the implementation of medical devices, AI, and mobile applications pave the way forward.

Shradha Galaya, Director of Global Safety Regulatory Reporting, reports on the highlights of her recent virtual attendance at DIA Europe 2021.

The blog considers current perspectives on the use of biomarkers, differences between the needs of biomarker assays developed for use in bioanalytical labs or clinical labs, and what may be needed in the case that a biomarker assay needs to migrate into a CLIA lab.

In-person research became impossible due to the pandemic, and forced us to re-examine how patient's voices were being captured. In 2021 we continue to build on what we learned.

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted clinical research across the lifecycle including recruitment challenges, protocol amendments and delayed market entry.