Rethinking Document Sharing, Applied Clinical Trials, March 2010
The benefits of peer-to-peer networking over email, fax, FTP, and hosted solutions
The need for sponsors to collaborate with external partners, whether it's legal counsel, CROs, or manufacturers has become a daily occurrence. Documents such as contracts, informed consent, and protocols require authoring, review, and approval from individuals inside and outside the company. This trend will continue, as industry increases outsourcing efforts at the same time the amount of unstructured content generated skyrockets. There are many different use cases in the clinical trial process that require this type of data exchange. For example, Investigator's Brochures are exchanged between sponsors, investigators, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). These are not static documents, thus requiring collaboration as updates are needed. Creating, reviewing, and approving informed consent language requires a collaborative process that involves input from investigators and IRBs. Click here to view entire article in Applied Clinical Trials, March 2010
