Listen to this article now: Imagine a French patient being asked at a baseline clinical trial visit to name the State they live in, a question intended to assess their mental ability for spatial orientation. An awkward moment perhaps for the healthcare professional conducting the examination, and surely for the patient too, but most …
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Listen to this article now: Creating clinical trial documentation in multiple languages can be challenging. To ensure compliance with regulations, the translation of clinical documents such as Informed Consent Forms (ICFs) and Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA) measures needs to be conceptually equivalent to the original text and culturally adequate for the intended audience. Back translation …
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Listen to this article now: The arrival of COVID-19 and researchers’ feverish quest to find a vaccine made the entire world aware of the need for global cooperation in clinical trials. Through that cooperation, the important role that language translation plays in clinical trials became even more evident to pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals …
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Listen to this article now: A Clinical Outcome Assessment, or “COA”, is a measure that provides a rating or score to assess patients’ health status. These assessments define efficacy endpoints when developing a therapy for a disease or condition. Their basic characteristic is that they may be influenced by human choices, judgment, or motivation, but in …
Listen to this article now: Accurate clinical trial translations are a critical ingredient in the clinical trial process. Since they report precise data regarding side effects, success rates, dosages, testing procedures, and more, getting the language as precisely as the data has been gathered is essential to success. In years gone by, clinical trials …
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In the life sciences industry, precision and quality are crucial when it comes to translation. Whether it’s introducing pharmaceutical products to new markets, providing treatment in a patient’s native language, or exporting medical devices, accurate translation is essential. Failure to ensure precise translation can result in negative consequences for patients, as well as legal and …
Listen to this article now: In clinical trials, Clinical Outcome Assessments provide the necessary data to assess patients and their conditions. Nowadays, such assessments are performed more and more in electronic platforms, so any paper versions of the questionnaires, also known as paper scales or instruments, need to be migrated in an electronic format. But …
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Listen to this article now: Among the multiple specialized localization services available in the Life Sciences sector we also come across those referred to as Cognitive debriefing, Backtranslation & Reconciliation and Readability testing. How familiar are you with these linguistic validation services? What does each mean, why is it required and what does it …
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Listen to this article now: Grammatical errors and inaccurate translations can jeopardize any company’s image and reputation, but when it comes to the medical industry, where inaccuracy may have direct effect on patients’ lives, quality and accuracy are not just important, they are imperative. Medical translations ensure patients’ safety Medical translations are translations of …
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