Monthly Archives: June 2010

Cato at the 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer

Cato Research will be attending the European Society for Medical Oncology‘s (ESMO)  12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer in Barcelona, Spain from 30 June to 03 July 2010.  ESMO is the leading European professional organization representing medical oncologists.  The conference … Continue reading

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Cato at the Cancer Vaccines Meeting

This week, Cato Research is attending the Cancer Vaccines meeting in Cambridge, MA on 29 and 30 June.  The conference is the first meeting dedicated to progressing cancer vaccines to market and will feature 21 of the world’s leading experts … Continue reading

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Novel Approaches to Clinical Trial Recruitment

Traditional patient recruitment strategies like print, television and radio ads are relatively expensive and much less effective than targeted online advertisement.  Eighty percent of Americans who are online are now searching for health information (Allison, 2009), including avenues to participate … Continue reading

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FDA Begins Releasing Safety Analyses of Recently Approved Products

The safety of the people shall be the highest law. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Evaluating drug safety is, as I’m sure you know, always an exercise in measuring risks and benefits.  One question that can haunt the dreams of companies … Continue reading

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Adaptive Designs and Clinical Supplies

In a recent post, John Johnson discussed the FDA’s draft guidance on Adaptive Design Clinical Trials for Drugs and Biologics, particularly in the context of planning and designing a clinical trial.  My perspective concerns challenges related to clinical supplies (CS) … Continue reading

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