Who is WHO? The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the organization’s central focus is to act as the primary governing authority in the international public health domain. As per the WHO Constitution, which establishes…
Clinical research denotes the entire history of medicines, medical devices or diagnostic procedure that are used in the healthcare system right from its origin in the lab to its introduction into the consumer market and beyond. An individual who practices Clinical Research and has studied clinical research courses is well…
Clinical research is one of the intensively sprouting industries at an astonishing rate opening up a wide scope of employment opportunities for trained professionals. Clinical research is relatively a niche segment in India. A decade ago, there were not many Contract Research Organizations (CRO’s) in India. Various pharmaceutical companies managed to do clinical…
Pharmacovigilance is a science of detecting and reporting adverse drug reactions, adverse events, and abnormal laboratory findings. Prior to release into the market, all new medicines/ medical devices must have completed a series of clinical trials with patients. These trials are aimed to establish the safety and efficacy of the…
What is Pharmacovigilance? An apple a day keeps the doctor away. But nothing ever keeps a researcher away. A researcher’s job is the backbone of medical sciences. Clinical research is, therefore, a driving factor for the healthy survival of human beings. It is common knowledge that any drug, prior to…
The World as we knew it, ceased to exist after the incursion of the Novel Coronavirus which is now a widespread global pandemic. The dire consequences of this scenario have affected every fabric of the ecosystem we live in. While the entire country was under lockdown, significant socio-economic changes were…
WHY YOUR KIDS’ PLAYGROUND IS UNSAFE DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC….. The coronavirus can stick around on surfaces for a long time. It takes 72 hours for the virus to become undetectable on plastic, about 48 hours on stainless steel and cardboard, and 8 hours on copper. Even if kids are practicing…
The drug development process is a long, expensive, and failure-prone process that requires cutting-edge skills. It takes around 8-12 years on an average for a new drug to be developed, going through a course of rigorous trials, which if cleared can be approved for human use. Only as many as…
As you may know by now, the new drugs and clinical trials rules for 2019 are out, which are expected to promote clinical research in the country through a transparent process of yielding faster approvals. These changed rules will impact long term growth of CROs in India. As per the new…
