As South Korea becomes a dominant outsourcing location in Asia, the regulatory environment has undergone dramatic changes. The country’s hospitals and westernized healthcare system, along with strong its infrastructure and low costs for conducting clinical research offer high quality clinical research. But despite the single translation requirement, language is still a barrier, as are cultural…
As the number of outsourced clinical trials continues to increase in emerging Latin American countries, sponsors must address new challenges. Despite the single translation requirement, with the exception of Portuguese in Brazil, regional dialects in each country must be considered. Implementing new measures to overcome cultural differences and socioeconomic barriers will not only better protect patient rights but it will also improve the quality of clinical research in the region.
CHDI Chooses Language Connections for Medical Translation Services Boston, April 10, 2015 – Language Connections, a global language service provider based in Boston, was hired by CHDI Foundation for life sciences translation of clinical research documents in each of the Scandinavian languages. Medical document translation services require in-depth knowledge of medical terminology in both the source and target…