This is the final post in a brief series of posts (five in total) designed to demystify the high cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. Today’s post focuses on the fourth and final stage the of the FDA drug approval process: post-marketing. Before we dive into the final stage, here’s a quick recap of […]
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Post-Market Surveillance Of Drug Safety
This is the final post in our brief series on drug safety. If you missed any of the previous posts, here are the links: Why Monitoring Adverse Events And Drug Safety Signals Matters What Exactly Is An “Adverse Drug Reaction?” The Role Of Signal Detection In Drug Safety What Pharmacovigilance Means And Why It Matters […]
Four Steps To Assess And Mitigate Risk With Regulated IT Systems
Over the past several weeks, I’ve published a series of posts that talk about how to assess and mitigate risk with your regulated IT systems. The FDA recommends using a risk-based approach to accomplish this feat, and we agree, so we laid out a four-part approach for you: Assess a system for its regulated status […]
Top 5 Pharma & Medical Device Blog Posts From July 2017
Now that August is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in July – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. All You Need To Know […]
FDA Guidance On 21 CFR Part 11 And Mobile Tech In Clinical Trials
In June 2017, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new draft guidance document for public comment: Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures in Clinical Investigations Under 21 CFR Part 11 – Questions and Answers. You have until August 21, 2017, to share your thoughts and ideas about its content. The […]
What Happens During NDA Review In The FDA Drug Approval Process
This post is the fourth in a brief series about the FDA drug approval process. The series is designed to answer the question about why U.S. prescription drugs are so expensive by illuminating the FDA drug approval process, stage by stage. In my last post in this series, I focused on the clinical stage, and […]
How To Mitigate Risk When Changing A Regulated System
A few weeks back, I described how to determine the risk level of a proposed change to a regulated IT system. I also talked about how the system risk level (SRL) and change risk level (CRL) work together to determine the level of rigor required to implement a proposed change without disrupting its validated state. […]
Life Sciences Is Not Immune To The Age Of The Customer
This is the second post in a series about applying customer experience (CX) principles to life sciences. In the first post, I discussed a critical underpinning concept for the blog series related to how “customers” are defined in life sciences. Here’s a quick recap: Since patients don’t typically buy their medications or medical devices directly […]
Applying The Concept Of Customer Experience (CX) To Life Sciences
My colleagues in Perficient Digital, Perficient’s in-house digital agency, recently published a fantastic guide about customer experience (CX). While the guide focuses primarily on retail customers, a lot of the advice it contains can be quite helpful for life sciences, so I thought I’d take a stab at translating it for you. Now, in full […]
Role Of Clinical Trials In The FDA Drug Approval Process
Last time, I published the second in a brief series of blog posts designed to provide insight into why prescription drugs in the U.S. cost as much as they do. The series is focused on explaining the FDA drug approval process in layman’s terms. My previous post focused on the first stage in the process, […]
Top 5 Pharma & Medical Device Blog Posts From June 2017
Now that July is here, I thought it would be neat to look back at what our readers found most interesting last month. Below are the top five blog posts Perficient’s life sciences practice wrote in June – they’re ranked in order of popularity, with number one being the most viewed piece. What Exactly Is An “Adverse […]
How To Assess The Risk Level Of A Change To A Regulated System
This is post #4 in a short series about assessing and mitigating risk with regulated software. Over the past few weeks, I’ve discussed the rationale for taking a risk-based approach to this topic, as well as the first couple of steps to take: determining whether a system is regulated and, if so, determining its risk […]