May 23, 2012
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Off-shoring: A Country Attractiveness Index for Clinical Trials

By Mark P. Mathieu
For many years, pharmaceutical companies have been off-shoring manufacturing operations to lower-cost countries. Healthy margins and strong risk aversion have afforded pharmaceutical companies the luxury of staying close to home, for all but manufacturing activities. As financial pressures increase, pharmaceutical executives are finding that going offshore is not only less risky than it once was, but also too attractive to ignore.  Read More



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Early Trial Planning Solutions

Jun 21 | eCliniqua | Medidata announced two new products at the Drug Information Association (DIA) meeting this week in Washington, D.C.: an updated version of Grants Manager and Medidata Balance.

Ludwig Institute Chooses Medidata EDC

May 19 | News Brief | Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has chosen Medidata Rave as its electronic data capture and clinical data management solution.

Integrating InForm EDC at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

May 3 | eCliniqua | The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, the largest cancer center in the United States, runs about 800 cancer clinical trials per year. And yet until 2000, all of those trials were tracked on paper, and researchers were still grappling with data gaps common to paper records.

More than Data Integration: A Vision for “eClinical”

Mar 15 | Expert Commentary | The aim of integration of technologies is certainly the sharing of common datato ensure that all systems have the most up to date information, data don’t need to be  re-keyed,  and discrepancies are reconciled between applications.

Implementing Core Clinical Trial Technologies

Feb 16 | Expert Commentary | In the clinical space today, more technology solutions are being used, and investigational sites often employ multiple solutions within a single study to perform their responsibilities. Solutions include clinical trials management systems, electronic data capture systems, electronic patient reported outcomes solutions, randomization and trial supply management solutions (typically deployed using IVR/IWR technology), medical imaging technologies, central ECG management and reporting solutions, adverse event and safety systems to name but a few.

OmniComm Links EDC to HealthVault

Jan 27 | RFP Connect | OmniComm Systems has announced its TrialMaster EDC is now connected to Microsoft HealthVault.

OmniComm Strives to be a Tier I eClinical Player

Oct 20 | OmniComm Systems is on a roll.  In a few short years, it has essentially come from nowhere and is now positioned as the Number 3 electronic data capture (EDC) player.

In Conversation: Oracle’s Patti Gaves on EDC and Integration

Oct 13 | In a recent conversation with industry veteran Patti Gaves of Oracle Health Sciences Global Business Unit, eCliniqua was curious about her perspective on the current status of electronic data capture (EDC), the industry’s strong focus on integration of electronic point solutions, and the evolution toward eClinical trials.

Microsoft in Life Science Arena

Oct 5 | A few short months after naming Merck & Co. as a customer and development partner, Microsoft has attracted a sizable following to its life sciences platform intent on helping scientists design better drugs, sponsors better interpret clinical trial results, and physicians better match treatments to patients.

Infinity’s EDC Evolution

July 7, 2009 | Last April Infinity Pharmaceuticals hit a major bump in the road when a review of the first few dozen patients in its Phase III trial for its lead compound prompted the company to instantly halt the trial. But Infinity still seems to be on the right track.

White Papers & Special Reports

Life Science Webcasts & Podcasts

medidata_podcast_Sites and Sponsors: Mending Bridges over Troubled Waters  
Sites and Sponsors: Mending Bridges over Troubled Waters
Sponsored by Medidata Solutions Worldwide

This podcast brings together two industry leaders to focus on the issues that divide sponsors and sites. On the one hand sites and sponsors unite in advancing better health care through a common passion for developing better drugs. Yet some issues divide them and bridges need to be built or mended to advance the highest levels of cooperation, coordination and success in clinical trials. Listen as the key issues are debated from the site and the sponsor side and new methods and technology are advanced that offer near-term and lasting solutions.

• Common ground in reaching agreement on a budget

• Improving the pace of agreement on budgets and contracts

• Processes for payment to sites on a timely basis

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