Our friends at the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) are running a survey about standards adoption in the pharmaceutical industry. The survey will only be open for additional input for a few more days. The standards body is also announcing several new training sessions in California and Europe.

Omnicomm Systems, a provider of electronic data capture systems that work with the Oracle data management suite, announced the renewal of a contract with a major but unidentified medical device manufacturer. Said Stephen Johnson, COO: "We have been able to demonstrate to this client, through a collaborative approach, the benefits over time of operational efficiencies gained through use of our products and services." The company also has a new offering that ties together systems for Phase I research.

Although U.S. hospitals are eagerly grabbing tens of billions of dollars in federal subsidies for electronic health record systems, the FDA is apparently concerned about a wide variety of technological glitches. Some of the problems are not germane to clinical research for industry. Others are central to the push to connect modern trial-driven systems to ancient hospital and physician systems. Two areas of worry: systems for electronic prescriptions and lab reports that mix up results from different patients. The Huffington Post unearthed a letter from the FDA on the topic.

Medidata Solutions reported strong financial growth. Aside from turning a profit, the New York company said quarterly revenue rose 20 percent, to $37 million; annual revenue rose 33 percent, to $140 million. "Our easy-to-use, easy-to-learn advanced technology allows customers to implement and use our solutions on their own, while requiring lower levels of professional services and lowering total cost of ownership," said Bruce Dalziel, Medidata's CFO. Here's a release.

Inc Research and invivodata announced a marketing partnership for electronic patient diary trials. "We chose to partner with invivodata based on the integration of scientific and regulatory principles into their ePRO solution elements critical in ensuring high patient compliance and reliable data,” said Alistair Macdonald, Inc’s executive VP of strategic development. Separately, invivodata said it would integrate its technology with the interactive voice response system (IVRS) of Cenduit. Here's a release.

PPD won an award for its wellness efforts. The Wellness Councils of America uses seven criteria that include gathering data about employees and evaluating the effectiveness of specific wellness programs. "PPD has demonstrated its commitment to becoming one of America’s healthiest companies, and Welcoa is pleased to recognize its excellence in workplace wellness programs with a gold designation,” said David Hunnicutt, president of Welcoa." Here's a release.

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