Medical Document Translation Progeria Research Case Study As part of their fundamental work, Progeria Research Foundation needed patient outreach documents and informed consent forms translated into more than 15 languages in order to move forward in finding the cure for Progeria, a pediatric disease of early aging. Although the case was highly delicate in nature,…
The Siberian Yuits: a Russian People Recently, Language Connections, a translation and interpreting services agency, had the fortunate opportunity of receiving an inquiry about a language known as Central Alaskan Yup’ik. The client was in need of transcription and translation services to document an ongoing environmental project in Bristol Bay, Alaska. There, many of…
E-Commerce in Russia: Accessing The Russian Market Via The Internet The Outlook of E-Commerce in Russia Recent changes in Russian policy, such as its ascension to the WTO,[1] have led to the promise of the further opening of its markets – entering into serious dialogues with foreign companies and establishing conditions for business cooperation in…
Clinical Trials in Mexico: Addressing the Challenges Western Europe are encountering various challenges in clinical trials research, ranging from high costs to inadequate patient recruitment rates. This has resulted in a growing trend to transfer clinical research into newly emerging regions of the world. Latin America has recently emerged as a market of choice because…
The Future of Biotech in China Will China Overcome Its Barriers? Recent trends in the pharmaceutical industry show an increase in the development and manufacturing of biological products. Although bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing has been greatly facilitated by the development of new technologies, difficulties persist in regulating biological products manufactured in different facilities, particularly ones at…
Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials Highly successful patient recruitment and lower costs in many countries have spurred the surge in globalization of clinical trials. Increasingly, international clinical trials are conducted in developing regions including several countries in Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), and Asia. Patient recruitment rates depend on a variety of factors,…
The Missing Minorities The missing minorities or the inadequate representation of ethnic and racial minority groups in clinical trials taking place in the United States is currently of great concern. Although minority groups should not carry an unfair burden in clinical research, they also should not be excluded from participation in clinical trials.1 Research…
Global Clinical Trials: Language & Culture By Karen Politis Virk, MS Many emerging countries, such as India, China, Mexico, Brazil, and Russia, are rapidly becoming prominent outsourcing locations for clinical research. A wider availability of patients, low operational costs and positive patient attitudes towards global clinical trials has driven this trend. These developments have…
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Clinical Trials in India: What are the Challenges? By Karen Politis Virk As demands for reducing drug development costs and achieving higher patient recruitment rates increase, India is projected to become a dominant clinical trial location. By 2011, it is expected that clinical trials in India will equal 15% of the total number of global…