Budgeting and Contracting Best Practices for Research Sites
To grow your business, negotiate and collect fair payment for your work by understanding its true costs before budget discussions.
Site/Sponsor Relationships
Checklist to Reduce Burden on Sites and Patients
Every site is different. Learn how to meet their unique needs and make workflows and collaboration more efficient in this blog.
Clinical Trial Efficiency: Top Risk Indicators and Solutions for Site Performance
Sponsor and contract research organization (CRO) team members such as clinical research associates (CRAs), study managers, and startup specialists collaborate
How Sponsors and Sites Work Together to Improve Protocol Compliance
Sites and sponsors can adopt strategies to reduce quality issues and avoid FDA warning letters by improving collaboration, training, and resource access.
Clinical Trial Startup: Insights from the Industry
The clinical trial startup process has seen significant shifts over the past five years: growth in decentralized trials, improved technology,
What is a Data Monitoring Committee?
DMCs play a vital role in clinical trials by independently reviewing interim data for safety and effectiveness, ensuring participant protection throughout the study.
4 Unique Challenges of Oncology Trials
Oncology trials face unique hurdles in innovation, enrollment, and endpoints, requiring strategic planning to address complex study demands and precision needs.
Improving Study Activation Time for Gene Therapy Research
This blog explores how research sites are focusing on their institutional biosafety committee (IBC) programs as part of overall study activation time.
What Sponsors Need to Know About Medicare Coverage Analysis
With MCA processes slowing trial activation, AACI suggests sponsors play an active role in MCA preparation to reduce budget and startup delays.
Collaborating with Research Sites: Best Practices for Site Selection and Study Startup
The study startup process is a critical point in research, and oftentimes, can make or break a study’s success.
How Single IRB Review Mandates Help Research Sponsors
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) proposed single institutional review board (sIRB) mandates are in part designed to support greater
Beginner’s Guide to Budget Negotiation
Effective negotiation balances firm priorities with flexibility, helping sites align sponsor budgets with true costs while avoiding compliance pitfalls.