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When systems align: Boosting site engagement through smart integration

Site disengagement can be a major barrier to successful and timely trial execution. A significant contributor to disengagement is overloading sites with redunda...
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Introducing the Sano Referral Manager: Bridging the gap from referral to randomization

Clinical trial recruitment is notoriously difficult, and nowhere is this more acute than at the referral stage. When a participant who looks potentially eligibl...
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Modernizing rare disease trials with patient-centered innovation

While there have been significant strides in the development of drugs for rare diseases over the past few decades, only 5% of rare diseases have FDA-approved tr...
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Beyond recruitment: Building lasting relationships with trial participants

As clinical trials become more complex and patient populations more diverse, the traditional focus on recruitment alone is no longer enough. Building long-term ...
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Podcast recap: Sharon Terry on patient-led research, biobanking, and the future of rare disease advocacy

In the latest episode of The Genetics Podcast, host Patrick Short sat down with Sharon Terry, the CEO of Genetic Alliance, to discuss her extraordinary journey ...
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The importance of a patient-centric approach to patient recruitment

Patient recruitment efforts are often designed with the best of intentions, incorporating processes that fulfill every regulatory requirement. However, without ...
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Areas for patient-centric innovation in cell and gene therapy research

There are strong indications that patient acceptance of cell and gene therapies increases significantly following the provision of clear, easy-to-understand inf...
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Aligning innovation with patient needs in gene and cell therapy development

Gene and cell therapies represent a fundamental shift in how rare diseases are treated. Rather than managing symptoms, these therapies target the underlying gen...
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Lupus Research Alliance Launches the DREAM Knowledge-Exchange Platform to Accelerate Precision Medicine in Lupus

Today, the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) launched the Data Repository, Exchange, and Analytics Platform (DREAM)—a pioneering knowledge-sharing platform dedicate...
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