eClinical Trials

Integrating Infrastructure for Clinical Trials

1/17/2012 8:36:39 AM

eClinical Technologies Medidata on the cloud, ‘omics, and personalized medicine. By Kevin Davies January 10, 2012 | Glen de Vries thought he would be teaching biology or chemistry in college, but

Survey Says: Tool Up for Smarter Clinical Studies

11/28/2011 12:47:59 AM

Bio-IT World | Separate industry surveys by information technology research and advisory firm Gartner and global software company ClearTrial make a strong case for clinical resource management tools in the cost-cutting arsenal of biopharmaceutical and medical device companies.

An Insider Perspective on PAREXEL

11/22/2011 2:42:51 AM

Bio-IT World | Mark Goldberg, PAREXEL’s chief operating officer, recently sat down with Bio•IT World chief editor Kevin Davies to discuss the importance of convergence in Perceptive Informatics’ suite of eClinical offerings, and to share his insights on the future opportunities, trends, and challenges facing the industry.

Tooling up for Smarter Studies

11/15/2011 11:03:30 PM

Two industry studies found need for appropriate trial planning and tools. By Deborah Borfitz Novemer 15, 2011 | Separate industry surveys by information technology research and advisory firm Gartner and global software company ClearTrial make a strong case for clinical

An Inside Perspective on PAREXEL

11/15/2011 3:41:49 AM

One of the oldest clinical research organizations discusses technology and changes in the industry. November 15, 2011 | Mark Goldberg, PAREXEL’s chief operating officer, has been with the company since 1997 when he started the CRO’s medical imaging business. A

Seize the New: Laying the Clinical Genomics Pipeline in Wisconsin

9/26/2011 11:44:59 PM

Liz Worthey’s “smart software” crucial to integrating genome sequencing in clinic. By Kevin Davies September 27, 2011 | On Saturday June 27, 2009, a pediatric gastroenterologist named Alan Mayer at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) sat at his computer

Trials at the Point-of-Care

9/26/2011 10:28:44 PM

Veterans Affairs tries new method for treatment comparison trials. By Deborah Borfitz September 27, 2011 | A new type of clinical trial now undergoing testing at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System will likely be of interest to emerging

Stigmergy, Anyone?

9/27/2011 1:21:38 AM

By Ernie Bush September 27, 2011 | The Bush Doctrine | Stigmergy is currently defined in Wikipedia as “A mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an action

September-October New Products

9/27/2011 1:13:29 AM

Versatile NMRAgilent Technologies has announced the release of VnmrJ 3.2, an enhanced version of their software for nuclear magnetic spectroscopy. VnmrJ 3.2 offers a data station version that runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux. This enables users to analyze NMR

End of Summer Rant: CDER Must Have Clinical Trial Reform

9/27/2011 2:10:11 AM

By John Russell September 27, 2011 | The Russell Transcript | It’s not always easy to know what to make of FDA initiatives, particularly at the time they are announced. Some are modest and administrative in nature (Fast Track, 2009)

Enrollment Modeling Results in Productivity Gains for Merck

8/1/2011 5:04:57 AM

Best Practices Awards 2011 Clinical and Health IT ResearchWinner MerckNominator DecisionViewProject Clinical Enrollment Optimization By Deborah Borfitz August 2, 2011 | Pilot testing DecisionView’s StudyOptimizer provided Merck & Co. with ample evidence that the predictive analytics platform significantly improves the

Providing Patients as a Service

8/1/2011 5:16:34 AM

Best Practices Awards 2011 Judges’ PrizeWinner CliniWorksProject AccelFind By Allison Proffitt August 2, 2011 | Cambridge, Mass. based CliniWorks’ new software as a service platform, AccelFind, allows real time clinical data mining and patient screening from medical records to streamline

FDA Works to Become More Transparent

3/29/2011 5:20:54 AM

By John Russell March 29, 2011 | The Russell Transcript | How many genomic data sets were submitted to FDA under the VXDS (voluntary exploratory data submissions) program last year? Is the agency meeting its hiring goals? How many manufacturing

Batter Up: A Stratified Approach to Rheumatoid Arthritis

3/29/2011 4:32:03 AM

Centocor focuses on biomarkers for inflammatory diseases, respiratory diseases. March 29, 2011 | Mark Curran, senior director of immunology biomarkers at Centocor R&D, joined the organization five years ago and was tasked with a broad mission to supply biomarkers

Big Pharma Shares Data in Brain Research

6/14/2010 1:16:49 AM

Reuters | Drugmakers have pledged to share data from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's clinical trials in an effort to speed the development of new medicines to treat brain disorders.