ACRO & TransCelerate Issue a Joint Statement on Considerations while Developing Clinical Study Reports (CSRs)
Our member companies have faced widespread clinical trial disruptions in the past few years – from the global pandemic, to the war…
Our member companies have faced widespread clinical trial disruptions in the past few years – from the global pandemic, to the war…
The below is an Op-Ed authored by ACRO Chair, Jackie Kent, for MedPage Today on August 6, 2022. Read the full article…
With bipartisan sponsorship from Representatives Pallone (D-NJ) and McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA), which would create…
ACRO Celebrates 20 Years! 20 years ago, contract research organizations were still relatively new players within the clinical research enterprise, and the…
The below is the Op-Ed authored by ACRO Executive Director, Doug Peddicord for Morning Consult on November 3, 2021. Read the full…
Today, ACRO released its DCT Toolkit, which lays out a vision for how decentralized clinical trials can be planned and executed now…
May 6, 2020 – (Washington, DC) – In an effort to fight the global COVID-19 pandemic, over 150 employees from clinical research…
Washington DC – The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected Alistair…
On Wednesday, October 23, 2019, ACRO hosted a Congressional Briefing on Capitol Hill. With the help of the Congressional Research & Development…
Developing, executing and overseeing clinical trials is a complex process. Yet it is essential to gain reliable evidence from clinical trials to…
A new report based on a survey of ACRO members reveals that Risk-Based Monitoring (RBM) makes clinical trial quality review more efficient…
On July 17, 2019, under cooperative agreement with the FDA, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy (Duke Margolis) held a public workshop. The event, titled Improving the Implementation of Risk-Based Monitoring Approaches of Clinical Investigations, aimed to identify opportunities to improve Risk Based Monitoring (RBM) implementation and solicit stakeholder input on the challenges, barriers, and enablers that impact the successful adoption of RBM.
Following meetings with then-Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and senior leadership from the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research on the role of CROs and technology companies in designing and implementing risk-based monitoring (RBM) of clinical trials, ACRO this week submitted extensive comments on recent FDA Guidance.Increasing the use of innovative RBM technologies helps make clinical trials safer, more efficient and higher quality. ACRO’s comments offer unique insights into the recent expansion of RBM implementation and call for further increasing the use of these oversight technologies.
The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) is pleased to announce the expansion of its membership to include ERT, Oracle and Veeva. These new ACRO member companies, with their focus on digital technologies that enable global clinical trials, characterize the ongoing innovation and evolution of contemporary clinical research. ACRO now has 12 member companies.
On Monday, March 25, 2019 ACRO provided testimony at a public hearing held by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Treasury Department…
2018 was a busy and productive year for ACRO’s European Scientific & Regulatory Committee, which meets quarterly in London. While the Committee focused largely on the continuing implementation of the EU Clinical Trial Regulation, there were also opportunities to engage with regulators on other topics ranging from European regulatory strategy to Advanced Therapies to the urgent challenges of Brexit.
Washington DC – The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) is pleased to announce that its Board of Directors has elected Dr. Cynthia Verst,…
The Association of Clinical Research Organizations (ACRO) convenes discussion series that seeks to advance an industry with important health and economic impacts…
What happens to clinical research when the UK leaves the EU’s common market and regulatory structure? When public perceptions seem locked onto…
ACRO joins FDA public meeting to discuss trial risks and rationale, benefits and barriers Clinical trials have an enormous number of inter-related,…