ACRO

ACRO launches video series

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 01:35 PM

The Association of Clinical Research Organizations is introducing a new series of videos featuring the leaders of prominent healthcare interest groups.

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CDISC names additions to board of directors

Friday, January 25, 2013 12:27 PM

CDISC, a global, open, non-profit organization that has established standards to support the acquisition, exchange, submission and archive of clinical research data and metadata, has named five highly qualified individuals that will add invaluable expertise to the CDISC board of directors (BoD) for a three-year term beginning this month (2013–2016): Dr. Carolyn Compton, Michael Glickman, Dr. Douglas Peddicord, Stephen Pyke and John Speakman.

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Clinical research sites honor Eli Lilly, Medpace with Eagle Awards

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:57 AM

The 2012 Eagle Awards, presented to the top sponsor and top CRO as voted by clinical research sites, honored Eli Lilly and Medpace on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the annual Site Solutions Summit.

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Society for Clinical Research Sites launches as voice of site community in shaping research enterprise

Sunday, October 14, 2012 07:00 AM

Clinical research sites now have their first-ever trade group.

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ACRO launches educational YouTube channel

Thursday, March 22, 2012 02:49 PM

In an effort to educate the public, media and policymakers about clinical trials and the growing role of CROs in the drug development process, the Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) has launched a YouTube channel @ACROHealthChannel.

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Industry watchers nervous as PDUFA V deadline looms

Monday, November 21, 2011 08:02 AM

PDUFA IV expires Sept. 30, 2012, and several parties already are nervous about its renewal. 

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Proposed Common Rule updates focus on consent, definitions, streamlined IRB review, data protection

Monday, October 31, 2011 08:02 AM

A 20-year-old federal policy for protecting human subjects known as the Common Rule is soon to be updated in ways that could modernize how the industry approaches the ethics, safety and oversight of human research.

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Survey: Top CROs doubled workforce over past decade

Monday, October 24, 2011 08:02 AM

Over the last 10 years, the top nine global CROs have more than doubled their workforce, which now exceeds 72,000 employees, and their revenues have increased at a compound annualized rate of 11% as they increasingly play a larger and more integral role in the drug development infrastructure, according to a new Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) member survey.

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Concerns grow over CMS missing Sunshine Act draft deadline as data collection start date looms

Monday, October 17, 2011 08:02 AM

Industry groups have expressed concern about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) missing its deadline for drafting regulations to implement the so-called sunshine law, which requires sponsors to publicly disclose payments to physicians and teaching hospitals. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies must begin collecting data to comply with the law in less than 11 weeks.

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ACRO endorses Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 10:10 AM

The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) supports the Foreign Earnings Reinvestment Act, bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate last week by senators Kay Hagan (D-NC) and John McCain (R-AZ).

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