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Six Questions to Ask About Your Market Research

How do you ensure the research products and services you buy will make you confident in the decisions you make? Here are six reasons why Industry Standard Research ensures you are getting the value you should expect from quality market…

ISR ReportsMarch 3, 2020

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6 Reasons You Don’t Use Market Research

How to be sure market research isn't necessary The CEO of Industry Standard Research Kevin Olson talks through the reasons why you may not be considering market research as a necessary gut check for your next project. “This article explores…

TylerFebruary 28, 2020

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2019 Year In Review – An Overview Of Insights in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Clinical Research and Technology

How Pharma, CROs, and CDMOs can prepare for 2020 ISR conducted approximately two dozen individual pieces of market research for syndication in 2019. This webinar summarizes many of the important learnings from these projects, providing attendees with real, usable data…

TylerFebruary 11, 2020

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ISR Projects Growth In eTMF Market

President of Industry Standard Research Andrew Schafer discusses eTMF adoption, usage, and other findings from ISR's recent eTMF report. “One of the interesting findings is regarding the awareness of eTMF providers. When ISR first released our eTMF report back in…

TylerJanuary 22, 2020

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The Quest To Improve Efficiency In Site Contract And Budget Negotiations

Vice President of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Rebecca McAvoy shares best practices from site start up experts that mitigate the challenges associated with site contract and budget negotiations. “When ISR recently asked respondents taking a survey on site…

TylerJanuary 13, 2020

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PPD’s Proposed IPO Comes Amid Growing CRO Market, Industry Expert Says

President of Industry Standard Research Andrew Schafer explains why the time may be right for PPD to re-enter the public market. “You have some big firms in there," he said, referring to the sector. "Probably one of the reasons for…

TylerDecember 6, 2019

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IRB Performance and Best Practices in Site Start Up: Review of Two Recent Market Research Reports

ISR reviewed findings from two recent, high-profile pieces of market research in our October 29th webinar. One details the performance of specific IRBs in the clinical development space across such metrics as timeliness and responsiveness of protocol review and local…

TylerOctober 29, 2019

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Report Projects Spending & Outsourcing To Drive CRO Market Growth

President of Industry Standard Research Andrew Schafer talks with Life Science Leader about the state of the CRO market, and why it has seen continued growth even as the S&P 500 fell by 6% in 2018. Most of this growth…

TylerOctober 14, 2019

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Areas Of Growth For Oral-Dose Outsourcing

Outsourcing growth is predicted across all sponsor groups Vice President of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Kate Hammeke discusses outsourcing trends from the results of a recent oral dosage survey with Life Science Leader. In fact, across all sponsor…

TylerOctober 1, 2019

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Improving Outsourcing Relationships

Vice President of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Kate Hammeke talks with Life Science Leader about the practices that can improve communication and trust between sponsors and CMOs. Sharing information doesn’t always come naturally in outsourcing relationships. This may…

TylerAugust 1, 2019

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Outsourcing Motivations Should Guide One’s Outsourcing Approach

Vice President of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Kate Hammeke explains why outsourcers should focus on the reasons their company is outsourcing before considering selection criteria or specific companies. From Life Science Leader: Let’s say your organization has internal…

TylerMay 31, 2019

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The Status Of mHealth In Clinical Trials: Trial And Error

President of Industry Standard Research Andrew Schafer speaks with Clinical Leader about how larger companies are forging ahead with mHealth implementations, but barriers are still preventing others from investing in mHealth use. "Trial-and-error” is how I would describe the current…

TylerMay 21, 2019

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