Earlier this year, I read a blog post that highlighted five clinical research trends that bubbled to the surface at last year’s annual conference of the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP).
One of the more interesting trends listed was a “growing desire for industry collaboration”. In a business that deals with so many moving parts and people, you’d think that something so basic would already be baked into the process. But the way clinical trials have traditionally been set up—with separate data systems, a reliance on spreadsheets, one-off emails, and on-the-fly decisions—it makes sense that such a baseline competency would get thrown by the wayside.