Volume 89, April 2010

Message from the Editor Featured Industry: Life Sciences Adapting PRO Instruments Industry Events Featured Events Featured Language: Languages of the EU At-A-Glance EMEA/FDA GCP Initiative Useful Links Latest News Tips & Tools Inside the Next Issue

Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) instruments are used to gather data directly from the patient (i.e., without the interpretation of the patient's responses by physician). As clinical trials continue to cross borders, PROs developed in one language or culture must be adapted or translated for use in another language or culture, which increases the possibility of cultural errors and understandability issues. Read more about PRO instrument translation and linguistic validation in Global Communicator's featured industry article. Also in this issue, we share discounts for several life sciences industry events, announce our new office in Canada, and invite you to visit us at Booth 1537 during the DIA Annual Meeting in June.

Life Sciences In December 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final version of Guidance for Industry titled “Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Use in Medical Product Development to Support Labeling Claims.” The FDA recommends that sponsors provide evidence that the methods and results of the translation process were adequate to ensure that the validity... Adapting PRO Instruments Industry Events Featured Events

Languages of the EU The European Union has 23 official and working languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, and Swedish. In addition to the official languages, there are more than 60 indigenous regional... At-A-Glance EMEA/FDA GCP Initiative Useful Links

Global Language Solutions, publisher of Global Communicator, announces the opening of its office in Canada. The office, located in Ottawa, Ontario, will enable GLS to provide a local point of contact to existing clients in Ottawa, as well as in nearby cities including Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto.

Planning your event schedule for the upcoming quarters? Global Communicator is pleased to announce its participation as a media partner for several 2010 events produced by the Center for Business Intelligence. Be sure to use the codes in this article to take advantage of exclusive offers for our readers.

Featured Industry: Marketing Featured Language: Spanish

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