Is it worth the risk?
You wouldn’t board a flight with an unlicensed pilot? You wouldn’t drive a car without insurance? Why would you entrust your clinical research in someone who hasn’t proven and safeguarded their capabilities? Don’t Risk [...]
Healthcare equity: How can we realize this ambition?
World Health Day is an opportunity to reflect and consider the global health environment and this year the WHO’s focus is on building a fairer, healthier world for everyone. The importance [...]
A year of COVID – how the clinical research industry has changed
Life has fundamentally shifted for everyone since we learned about COVID-19 and the year has been frequently (and fairly) referred to as ‘unprecedented’. As we mark this unusual anniversary it offers [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Sholeh Ehdaivand from LMK Clinical Research
Sholeh Ehdaivand has worked in clinical research for over 20 years and has a true passion for making a difference in people’s lives by aiding the development of newer, better healthcare solutions. Having launched [...]
Celebrating Women in Science
Today, 11th February marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, a day focused on the critical role women and girls play in science and technology. This is an opportunity to celebrate [...]
Bill Gates, Strategic Foresight and the Benefit of Hindsight
If we could learn only two things from the last few months, they are that lack of preparedness can cost lives and livelihoods, and that rapid change and collaboration can yield amazing results. Prior to [...]
Game Changer: Standards-Focused University Launched for TMF
IAOCR is delighted to announced that LMK Clinical Research Consulting (LMK) has been awarded IAOCR Certified Academy Partners status for their pioneering of Trial Master File University (TMF University). TMF is the foundation of every clinical trial and holds critical [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Teresa Allen, Health Research Authority
Teresa Allen is the chief executive of the UK’s Health Research Authority (HRA), an executive non-departmental public body of the UK’s Department of Health. The HRA which works with other UK organizations to regulate different [...]
W.H.O. Cares About World Hepatitis Day
28 July… what is significant about this date? Do you have it marked in your calendar? You may have a personal reason, a birthday or anniversary but the 28th July is also significant on a global [...]
New clinical research measures needed to ensure patient safety and advance drug development
New campaign launches on inaugural World Patient Safety Day IAOCR has launched a new campaign calling on the industry to prioritize ensuring the competence of those undertaking clinical research in-line with upcoming guideline changes. [...]
New Consultancy Launches to Increase Impact of Execs; Designing the Blueprint for Future Workforce
ACORI Consulting is dedicated to building the sustainable workforce of the future. IAOCR is excited to announce the launch today of its new sister company, ACORI Consulting. With a [...]
Festive Greetings!
This year we will be sharing the festive cheer in a slightly different way. At IAOCR, beyond our daily work we are passionate about giving back; working and living in an environmentally-beneficial way. This [...]
Water cooler moment: How would you use your sabbatical?
A work sabbatical can provide employees and employers a number of significant work benefits, including a wider perspective on the world around us. One of our team, Rob Cooper has recently taken a three [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Karen Ruthven – IAOCR
With over 35 years’ experience in the clinical research industry, Karen Ruthven, IAOCR’s Global Head of Workforce Competence Services provides an interesting perspective on the clinical research industry and what her work tells us [...]
Combating stress in the clinical research industry
Monday 5th - Friday 9th November 2018 marks the 20th International Stress Awareness Week but why do we need a stress awareness week? ISMA explains: The total number of cases of work related stress, depression [...]
The Central Monitoring Associate – Take a Bow!
The growth and widespread use of electronic data capture was one of the factors behind the release of European Medicine Agency’s Reflection Paper on Risk Based Quality Management in Clinical Trials in 2013. Included [...]
Call for Letters of Support from Chief Executives of CROs for High Throughput Clinical Research Centres in the NHS
Revised Deadline : 24 July 2018 Currently there is a unique opportunity for CROs to utilise the disruption caused by Brexit and raise their profile in the eyes of the UK Government. This [...]
The Clinical Research Flea?
What do a flea, a central heating thermostat and our achievements in life, have in common? Not much you would think – but you may be wrong. Our self-belief is based on many [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Martin Robinson – IAOCR
Having worked in clinical research since 1989, Martin has experienced life ‘on the shop floor’ as a CRA and a project manager before his interest and expertise in training took on a primary role [...]
How Clinical Trials Have Evolved
It is Clinical Trials Awareness Day on 21st May and it is always good to reflect on the past and look to the future. Humans have always experimented with medicines to treat ill health. In [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Michael Fath, PhD – Grifols
Marketing, medical affairs, and strategic planning roles with Abbott Laboratories make up the backbone of Michael Fath’s industry experience, before moving to Grifols (then Talecris Biotherapeutics), which is a leader in the plasma [...]
Spotlight on Leadership: Interview with Jacqueline Johnson North – IAOCR
As CEO and co-founder of IAOCR, Jacqueline’s eclectic career has led her entrepreneurial mindset into making a real difference in the clinical research industry. Passionate about Doing the Right Thing, Jacqueline is excited [...]
Always Crashing in the Same Car?
Imagine you’re learning to drive but your driving instructor has not considered your ability to drive or checked you know the laws of the road; rather you’re being taught in a seemingly haphazard manner. [...]
We’re On A Mission
Karen Ruthven, Martin Robinson, Jacqueline Johnson North, Angela O’Connell Since launching in 2011 we’ve helped to influence and shape the clinical research industry. Knowing that there are big changes on the horizon [...]
Setting standards in Clinical Outsourcing
This month’s blog is an account of the journey we took with one of the key membership organizations within the pharmaceutical industry. The organization in question was the Pharmaceutical Contract Management Group [...]
