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Free Webinar – Optimal Clinical Study Designs and International Regulatory Strategies

Please join us at a joint webinar between the Netherlands Centre for Human Drug Development (CHDR) and Cato Research that addresses current challenges and provides clinical and regulatory strategies to the most expeditious and cost-effective path towards clinical proof of concept and approval. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 from 1:00 to 2:00 PM ET. Continue reading

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Project Management for Biotech Companies

In today’s fast paced, high pressure world of drug development there are multiple factors that can and do affect marketing success.  Large organizations understand the value that project management can contribute to a successful project.  The smaller companies tend to … Continue reading

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August 2011 FDA Guidances

Here’s a (very lengthy) list of the guidances released by FDA in August 2011, compiled by Cato Research Regulatory Scientist Cathy Anderson. Oversight of Clinical Investigations — A Risk-Based Approach to Monitoring (Draft) Postmarket Surveillance Under Section 522 of the … Continue reading

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Imaginary patients, Imaginary data, et Cetero, et Cetero…

The FDA recently issued a letter to a CRO based in Cary, NC, outlining serious violations at one of their facilities including “widespread falsification of dates and times in laboratory records… and the apparent manipulation of equilibration samples to meet … Continue reading

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Biotech Funding: Still Playing Hard-to-Get

After a few lean years, biotechs raised $25 billion in 2010.  For the majority of small companies however, funding remains difficult to find.  Ernst & Young’s annual report on the biotechnology industry, Beyond Borders, was recently released and it paints … Continue reading

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