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How should we spell success?
Questions of how we define success in cancer research and how costs should factor into that definition have been much in the news.
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The War on Cancer: Raise the bar, or move the goal line?
Plenary Session
SWOG Fall 2009 Group Meeting
Friday, October 23, 12:15 - 2:45 pm
Gold Level, Regency B - D
Hyatt Regency Chicago
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SWOG investigational drug training video a valuable resource
A Pharmaceutical Sciences Committee-produced training video on the proper handling of investigational drugs has become a widely used resource in the field.
The tutorial reviews guidelines from the Manual of Good Clinical Practice, the FDA Code of Federal Regulations, and the NCI-CTEP Requisition and Management of Agents rules.
Since its posting to the SWOG Web site in early June, the 23-minute video has been viewed more than 1,300 times.
Many of those visitors were likely referred to the resource by pointers on other Web sites.
The Pharmaceutical Management Branch of the NCI links to the video as an alternative to its own training module on the subject.
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists makes it available from its investigational drug services page.
And the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association made the video available as a take-home resource as part of its "Best Practices in Investigational Oncology Pharmacy" session at the organization's 2009 Annual Meeting.
SWOG is also making the video available for use by the other cancer clinical trial cooperative groups, extending its leadership in this area.
"Investigational drug accountability remains one of the most common audit errors," says Pharmaceutical Sciences Committee Chair Siu-Fun Wong, PharmD, who oversaw production of the video. "I'm now working with the SWOG Ops Office to see if we can incorporate the tutorial as part of SWOG's quality control program."
View the video.
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