ARTICLES BY MATHINI ILANCHERAN

• Trends In Decentralized Clinical Trial Remote Monitoring For Medication Adherence

  2/23/2022

  With the implementation of real-time remote monitoring technology, pharmas will be able to do more remote studies that require clinical trial patients to visit sites less frequently. This will remove the burden on patients and improve patient recruitment and retention. This article focuses on the patient medication adherence market.

• The Asia-Pacific Region: A Hot Spot For Clinical Trials

  3/2/2021

  The Asia-Pacific region has become the hot spot for conducting clinical trials. Why? There is an ease of regulatory compliance, a low cost of conducting studies, a growing patient population, and the presence of a few top clinical institutions acting as sites.

• COVID-19’s Impact On The Clinical Trial Ancillary Supplies Industry

  9/24/2020

  With restrictions on logistics, and countries implementing new restrictions to address increasing COVID-19 cases, it’s important to understand how to manage clinical trials’ ancillary supplies — like sourcing from the right suppliers, managing distribution to all trial sites, stock management, and response to new regulations.

• Measuring COVID-19’s Impact On Availability Of Drugs And API From India And China

  4/23/2020

  COVID-19 has caused an increase in demand for APIs and drugs; those used as antimalarials are seeing the highest demand, followed by bronchodilators, antibiotics, and antivirals. This article reviews the drugs and API in demand globally, with assessments of their supply status in India and China.

• COVID-19, Medical Drones, & The Last Mile Of The Pharma Supply Chain

  4/6/2020

  During crises like this pandemic, bottlenecks in drug distribution and sample testing can be improved through automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics. This article provides an overview of the medical drone industry, with a particular emphasis on its adoption by the pharmaceutical sector to solve logistical problems in healthcare during times of heightened need. 

• Analyzing The Top Clinical Trial Technology Trends

  11/29/2019

  Technology plays a critical role in drug development and the R&D value chain by revolutionizing clinical trials and decreasing the failure rate. Though the supply of technology has been increasing and regulation of innovative methods is easing, pharmaceutical companies have been slow to use the emerging technologies, due to the ambiguity prevailing around this space and a highly fragmented supply market. This article outlines the key technologies that have a high impact across trial phases.