Thought Leadership

C3 Summit Recap: Shaping the Future of eCOA/ePRO Highlights

The paper to digital migration of eCOAs/ePROs has been quite the journey, particularly in light of COVID-19. The rapid shift to decentralized clinical trials required pharma companies and CROs to adapt data capture techniques quickly while remaining compliant with local...

How Translation Can Increase Patient Engagement

As clinical research continues to expand across diverse markets and regions, it is imperative for data to reflect the global population. Data that is representative of all patients, including those of diverse backgrounds, ensures that the medical product in development serves and...

Successful English Build & Language Migration

Over the past decade, the global clinical trial landscape has changed drastically. A surge in technological innovation, including wearable devices, patient portals, and apps, has modernized how clinical data is collected and managed. With pen and paper becoming obsolete in the...

TransPerfect Supports Takeda Supply Chain Training with Gamification

“TransPerfect supported us on building a great learning experience for our community. Elements of gaming like point scoring and competition with others are incorporated in a training to learn our KPI definitions and targets.”...

How CCMS Helps Healthcare Companies Prepare and Translate Medicare Compliance Content

In the United States, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (abbreviated "CMS" and found online at https://www.cms.gov/) aspires to the following credo:“We pledge to put patients first in all of our programs – Medicaid, Medicare, and the Health Insurance Exchanges. To do...

TransPerfect MT Earns Top Marks at International Machine Translation Competition

As machine translation (MT) technology continues to evolve, it’s increasingly important to look beyond the commercial sphere for the latest in innovation. At TransPerfect, we place special emphasis on the importance of engaging with the research communities specializing in MT...

Lay Summary Development: The Oregon Trail of Regulatory Writing

The Oregon Trail: one of the most iconic and cherished computer games of all time, filled with boxy graphics, heartache, and the occasional bout of dysentery. Players took on the role of wagon party leader, navigating the unchartered frontier of the Wild West in 1848—all the way...

Digital Strategies for Patient Recruitment

Patient recruitment is a huge spend in the life sciences. In fact, the market is projected to be worth approximately $30 billion USD by 2030. For life science companies conducting clinical trials, adapting patient recruitment strategies, including utilizing digital campaigns, can...

3 Translation Methodologies for Life Sciences Documentation

Translation is a complex endeavor, particularly in life sciences. Translation workflows, from receiving the document to delivering the final product, have multiple steps that must be followed with utmost accuracy.There is no one-size-fits-all model when translating clinical...

The Benefits of Translation Memory for Low-Cost Markets and Life Sciences Companies

For life sciences companies expanding into new markets and conducting global clinical trials, accurate translation is critical for effectively communicating with patients. Companies are continually looking for ways to reduce costs and turnaround times of translating extensive...

Patient Recruitment: A Critical Component Often Overlooked, Making it The Regrettable Spend

Patient recruitment (PR) is a layered, complex endeavor. It is not just placing social media advertisements, nor is it just emailing as many patients and sites as possible. It is a holistic, systematic process that can be the single biggest stumbling block of an entire study. ...

Top 10 Considerations when Implementing Machine Translation (MT)

Our checklist overviews 10 essential factors to consider when implementing MT for your life sciences content, so you can leverage the benefits of increased quality, reduced costs, and shortened turnaround times this technology offers....

5 Ways to Increase Diversity in Medical Product Development

Over the past decade, there has been a critical push for more inclusive clinical trials. Many regulatory bodies, including the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), require clinical trial data to ensure a medical product’s safety and efficacy prior to approving new treatments....

How TMF Study Owners Can Provide Better TMF Management

Successful trial master file (TMF) management requires constant and careful attention to each process, procedure, and guideline. This ensures a TMF is completely up-to-date, compliant, and ready for inspection at a moment’s notice. You know that maintaining high TMF quality is...

UBC Case Study: UBC Expedites Administration and Contact Center Response Times

TransPerfect Connect helps UBC expedite administration and call center response times....

Be Where Your Patients Are: Effective Digital Strategies For Patient Recruitment

Did you know that 15–20% of studies do not launch due to unsuccessful patient enrollment? In the past, recruiting the RIGHT patient population has been complex, expensive, and challenging, especially when it comes to rare diseases or niche requirements. Join TPT Digital’s...

Language Landscape: Latin America

As Latin America (LATAM) is becoming a key market for pharmaceutical companies, the need to connect with the patient population there has increased as well.But is translating your content from English to Spanish LATAM the right approach?As simple as this question may seem, the...

Preparing Compliant eCTD Submissions in Asia

In May 2015, the US FDA published final and binding guidance requiring submission within 24 months of certain Common Technical Documents (CTDs) in an electronic format. This was ratified in 2017 and subsequently revised in February 2020 (Rev. 7). Currently, other notifying bodies...

Interpreters Support Novartis Patient Engagement Team

TransPerfect interpreters and translation services support patient interviews to increase awareness of IRDs. ...

Enabling Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials: A CRO & IRB Perspective

Diversity in clinical research is imperative to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical devices for all people—and everyone in the industry is a key stakeholder. Clinical trials today still lack ethnic diversity, and to make trials more inclusive and improve...

Preparing and Publishing a Scientific Manuscript

If you’re preparing to write a scientific report for a peer-reviewed journal, it’s critical to have a detailed plan before beginning the first draft of your manuscript. Following the correct format and general guidance for manuscript writing is a good start, but there...

How to Choose and Implement a CTMS

The clinical development landscape is awash in technologies that automate everything from subject randomization (IVR/IWR) and subject study assessments and outcomes (EDC, ePRO) to trial master file (TMF) solutions.If you are like many emerging small to mid-sized biotech and...