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ICON to Offer At-Home Clinical Trials following Symphony Purchase
ICON boosts its hybrid clinical trial and site support services with the acquisition of Symphony Clinical Research, a provider of in-home and alternate site services.
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A World of Possibilities
A thought leadership article authored by Stephanie Merrigan on the urgent need for more comprehensive and accessible educational tools to enhance patient engagement and retention.
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New Frontiers
Read PharmaTimes recent article, featuring ICON expert Tom O'Leary, as he discusses his take on how the Internet of Medical Things (loMT) is evolving the patient role in pharma.
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Moving Beyond a Buzzword: How Small- to Mid-sized Biotechs Can Adopt Patient Centricity in Oncology Trials
A BioCentury article authored by ICON experts Lucy Clossick Thomson, Senior Director of Oncology Project Management & Susan Campbell, Director of Patient Recruitment, discussing how even small steps toward patient engagement can improve cancer trial recruitment and reduce costs.
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Technology the Key for Improving Trial Efficiencies & Retention
Past reliance on paper records made for a cumbersome, time-consuming process by making data management highly complex. However, many of the biggest issues remain — in particular, recruitment and retention of patients. Most pharmaceutical companies and contract research organisations have adopted technology solutions, including electronic data capture solutions and clinical trial management systems to increase efficiencies, reduce costs, and improve the patient experience. These solutions have been instrumental in improving clinical trial processes. Read this PharmaVOICE article to learn how the use of technology has become ubiquitous in clinical trials as the industry looks to streamline and improve processes.
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The Perverse Incentive: A Unified Approach to Patient Engagement
In operationalising a clinical trial, there are an increasing number of patient facing technologies to aid data collection, enable patient support and improve retention and compliance, with the potential to benefit patients and sponsors alike. Learn more in this recent International Clinical Trials (ICT) article on the need for a unified approach to patient engagement.
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ICON CIO – Telemedicine, Wearables & AI Could Boost Clinical Trial Participation
A Diginomica article featuring commentary from ICON's Tom O’Leary, discussing the opportunities for technology to overcome key challenges in clinical trials, such as retention and diversity, by making participation less burdensome for patients.
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Converging Goals: How a Focus on the Patient Drives Stronger Healthcare Partnerships
The foundation of healthcare is shifting from a provider-based to a patient-centric, or value-based, model. With aging populations, better-informed patients, and emerging technologies, the responsibilities and roles of every stakeholder in this industry is changing. Gain further insights on this topic from ICON expert Vicki Anastasi (VP, Global Head, Medical Device and Diagnostics Research, Real World Evidence Late Phase Research) in this recent MPO Magazine article.
