The clinical trial landscape is changing, perhaps faster than ever. Clinical Trials State of the Industry Report 2005: Market Forces Drive Changes in Drug Development examines the trends that have formed the area, forces that are redefining it and what the future holds.

Published by CenterWatch and BioWorld, it is full of survey-gathered data from within the industry. The report chronicles the path from 2003, in which companies rethought the blockbuster-making mentality, to 2004, a year that saw the clinical research services industry trying to make the development process more efficient, with innovations including electronic data capture, moving trials overseas and focusing more on Phase I development to weed out weak candidates earlier.

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