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Pearl Pathways year end holiday hours
Our office will be closed for the holidays December 23rd through December 26th, 2011 and also on January 2nd, 2012. If you need to talk to us about your need for an urgent IRB review with Pearl IRB, just contact us and we will see what we can do. We wish our...
FDA Issues Report – Understanding Barriers to Medical Device Quality
On October 31, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Device and Radiological Health (CDRH) released a report titled Understanding Barriers to Medical Device Quality (link to full report). The initiative began in an effort to "assess and understand...
Women Owned Business Enterprise: Maximizing Your Certification Webinar
Pearl Pathways' president and CEO, Diana Caldwell will be a guest expert on a webinar hosted by the Women's Business Enterprise Council of the Great Lakes region (WBEC-GL) on December 7th at 12pm. The subject of the webinar will be focused on how to get the most out...
Check out FDA hosted webinar on the Import Entry Process: November 30, 2011
This one looks interesting. Entitled “FDA’s Import Operations: How FDA regulates imported products”, this webinar is for anyone wanting to learn more about how FDA oversees the over 24 million shipments of imported FDA regulated products each year. It will be held...
Over Half of Big Pharmas Expected to Outsource 100% of Clinical Trial Work
Recently, ReSearch Pharmaceuticals Services (RPS) CEO Dan Perlman predicted that twelve of the top twenty big pharma companies in the US will be outsourcing their clinical trial work completely. Perlman expects companies to use one of two proposed models, trials done...