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Diary Deal

Quintiles, invivodata Partner

January 20, 2010

After doing 20 trials together, Quintiles and ediary supplier invivodata announced a closer partnership. For the large contract research organization, the relationship likely brings additional scientific firepower to a research niche newly legitimized by a final FDA guidance document in patient reported outcomes (PRO). For the Pittsburgh ediary supplier, meanwhile, the relationship will bring more projects and…more...

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Regulatory Pressure

ePRO Tech Trends

July 29, 2009

The modern patient-reported outcome (PRO) study does not unfold in a vacuum. Whether launched via the web, a telephone interactive voice response system (IVRS), or a dedicated handheld device, most PRO projects rely on an army of external consultants and suppliers. Simple web- and IVRS-based PRO studies can handle only so much complexity, only so much branching…more...

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NCI Project

Mayo On Patient Primacy

July 21, 2009

Jeff Sloan is a professor of oncology and health sciences at the Mayo Clinic. His specialty is the quality of life of the cancer patient. Sloan has been involved in patient-reported outcome (PRO) research for years, in both academic and industry projects. “The science is progressing,” Sloan told a Center for Business Intelligence (CBI) symposium dedicated to…more...

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Interactive Listings

Diaries As Trial Engines

July 14, 2009

For some sponsors, patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are one of many discretionary novelties in the repertoire of the modern clinical trial, optional curiosities that might be deployed. Or not. For all the warm speeches at industry events about patients "at the center" of modern clinical science, "at the heart" of every study, those phrases can ring hollow. A…more...

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Almac, PHT, Medidata

3-Way Clinical Mashup

June 18, 2009

Picking the best clinical trial technology has always come with a price. The more technologies in the trial, the more difficult it is to link them. Some projects become so gnarly that sponsors defer or avoid using new, additional tools out of the sheer pain and fear over how to tie them into what they already have.…more...

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PHT Announcement

The Excitement of E-Diary Admin

March 23, 2009

Hey! Can you reset my password? Now? Inside or outside the clinical trial world, that is one of the most mundane and routine requests made to software help desks. Ediary firm PHT says the ongoing hassle has now been simplified in its StudyWorks system. The system has now been updated to allow users to administer their own…more...

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Parexel, Phase Forward

Two Giants Grow

February 09, 2009

In an economy littered with the remains of U.S. industries destined for restructuring or oblivion, two Boston-area companies supporting clinical trials seem relatively unscathed. Their managers are preparing for growth, not the government-backed pity party for Detroit and Wall Street. Late last month, contract research organization Parexel reported quarterly earnings. Profits for the period dropped. But revenue…more...

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Rapid Launches

CRF’s New eDiary King

January 02, 2009

CRF has noticed a funny thing about patients filling out clinical trial diaries in India and eastern Europe. The data are immaculate. The patients are highly compliant, to the tune of doing 95-98 percent of what they’re supposed to. Rachael King, the new CEO at CRF, isn’t sure what cultural factors explain that performance. “It’s very hard…more...

March 15, 2010

Rapid Launches

CRF’s New eDiary King

Rachael King, the new head of patient diary firm CRF, discusses trends and a robust pipeline.

Magic Pen

Kayentis: Back to The Future

From France, a hybrid system that uses special paper and a scanner-pen to gather clinical data.

Automating eDiary Quality

Arrowhead, Bayer Win SCDM Award

How Arrowhead Electronic Healthcare double-checked 2,698 forms for a global trial using ediaries in 19 languages.

IT Help For Sites

TechTeam Gears Up

With a new strategy, publicly traded TechTeam Global begins angling for more clients that need computer support for clinical trials.

IVR Firm Sold For 15X Revenues

Clarix Bought by Phase Forward

A top EDC firm pays generously for a provider of randomization and drug supply management.

Invivodata Claims Third Of Market

Site Surge: ePRO Update

The Pittsburgh diary company invivodata has been dredging up facts about patient-reported outcomes.


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