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            It's a question all sponsors and clinical research sites ponder: Why do some studies and some sites finish significantly faster than others?
           
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            Clear communication and a good understanding of expectations and goals are necessary elements of the relationship between clinical trial professionals and clinical research monitors.
           
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            Research institutions might consider providing prospective monitoring when enhancing a research compliance program.
           
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            Clinical trial sites and institutions that want to reduce errors and undesirable audit findings need to invest more resources in educating research staff, an expert asserts.
           
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            Medical residents often lack the knowledge and skills they need to interpret medical research studies, which can jeopardize their ability to integrate new findings into their clinical practice, a recent study says.
           
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            Over the past five years significant advances have marched out of the laboratories and clinical trial factories of the cardiovascular disease sector.
           
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            On one level at least, Europe is only an idea. It has a flag and an anthem, but no constitution nor a mandate to regulate health policies and practices.
           
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            Direct Flow Medical (Santa Rosa, California), a company developing a minimally invasive implant to treat patients with heart valve disease, reported completing its Series B financing and initiating clinical trials in Europe.