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Don’t Let Insufficient Data Undermine Your CMO & CRO Selection Processes

CEO of Industry Standard Research Kevin Olson offers three tips to strengthen your selection process with third-party performance benchmarking. Selecting a CMO or CRO is stressful, expensive, and time-consuming. The complexity of these supplier organizations makes them difficult to…

TylerFebruary 2, 2018

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Is CRO Consolidation Good For Pharma?

Big CROs get bigger—how will that affect sponsors? Consolidation continues in the CRO space, with the acquisition of Chiltern by LabCorp being just the latest example of top CROs expanding and increasing their breadth of offerings. As large CROs…

Stephen BakerAugust 15, 2017

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Experiential Data Sheds Light On The CRO Selection Process

Vice President of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Rebecca McAvoy explains how our experiential user data can be used to pick the best service provider for your unique needs. From Life Science Leader: For decision makers whose companies have…

TylerMay 9, 2017

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Pharma Industry Lacks Consensus On Key Attribute Of A Sponsor-CMO Relationship

VP of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Kate Hammeke discusses how greater diversity in selection criteria leads to a cloudy decision-making process because no specific criterion dominates the CMO selection decision. To help Life Science Leader’s readers understand…

TylerApril 8, 2017

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CMOs need to increase awareness of offerings, ISR reports

Outsourcers know what they want, do they know your CDMO provides it? A "new set of leaders" emerged in the contract manufacturing organization (CMO) industry over the past year, though many remain unheard of, according to a recent report.…

Stephen BakerFebruary 20, 2017

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Two-thirds of pharmaceutical manufacturing is outsourced, ISR Reports

Only one-third of manufacturing is currently conducted in-house, from development stages to after commercial launch, according a recent report. The report, published by Industry Standard Research (ISR), explained that the majority of work is outsourced – and mainly to preferred…

Stephen BakerNovember 18, 2016

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Best Practices in Study Feasibility

Successfully navigating the medical, clinical, logistical and regulatory challenges associated with establishing the feasibility of a clinical trial is not easy. Insights from sponsor organizations, CROs and sites have been compiled in ISR’s Best Practices in Study Feasibility report. A…

Stephen BakerNovember 8, 2016

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eTMF market to grow sizably over next three years, ISR reports

The adoption of eTMF solutions is accelerating – with more than 50% of investigative sites expected to have access to a sponsor/CRO eTMF application within three years. This figure is according to a recent report published by Industry Standard Research…

Stephen BakerOctober 27, 2016

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Use Peers’ Experiences To Make Educated CRO Selections

Director of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Rebecca McAvoy discusses with Life Science Leader about how you can use data from other decision-makers to have confidence in your own outsourcing decisions. Having access to performance data from CROs’ users…

TylerMay 1, 2016

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The Value Of Experiential Data In Making Informed CMO Selection Decisions

Director of Market Research at Industry Standard Research Kate Hammeke explains why experiential data is more important to CMOs and Sponsors than perception-based data when determining service provider quality. The change from perception-based data to experiential data is important…

TylerApril 2, 2016

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Clinical Outsourcing Market To See Continued Growth Through 2020

2015 proves the CRO market's growth holds strong through a sell-off year You often hear that this is a good time to be in the pharma industry. I think that is especially true of the clinical trial sector. Despite…

Stephen BakerMarch 1, 2016

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When are CMOs used? ISR Reports

While CMOs are currently engaged mainly through tactical outsourcing, this paradigm will shift as more companies begin outsourcing to preferred providers, says ISR report. https://www.outsourcing-pharma.com/Contract-Manufacturing/When-are-CMOs-used-ISR-reports

Stephen BakerJanuary 27, 2016

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