Had on the one and only Pat Stone today. Pat is a former FDA auditor, consultant and author of a fantastic book, Bubble Gum Badge, and FDA His Story”. In this interview Pat and I discuss CRA’s or monitors in the clinical research industry and how, this year in particular, they are busier than ever. Sounds good so far right? Well it turns out that these CRA’s are too busy and are jumping from CRO to CRO in order to alleviate their burdensome workloads and look for some type of stability for their work-life balance. As Pat and I discuss, this interesting phenomenon has caused delayed payments to sites in some cases as well as some adverse events not being properly reported from various studies. We then discuss how the FDA is beginning to look at this issue just now. Let me know what you think about this in the comments below.
