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May 9, 2008

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EDC From Prelude Dynamics

A Texas entrant to the sector has roots in the aerospace and defense industries

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Why Data Managers Can Lead

Bayer’s Rob Musterer reflects on a widening mission for the data manager.

Fewer Features & Faster Setup

EDC, CTMS for Biotechs From ACS

ACS talks about a new product. The company is betting the combination of EDC and CTMS will appeal to biotech firms and contract research organizations. 

Anticipating 600,000 Queries

Updated Medidata EDC Offering

The firm is offering two new areas of functionality: integrated online training and simulation of the effects of study amendments.

Facing Frustrated Sponsors

Almac’s EDC, IVR Combo

Almac Clinical Technologies is adding electronic data capture to its expedited service offering. 

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Top '08 Talk

Realizing (Or Missing) EDC’s Potential

May 08, 2008

Should the life sciences be in a self-congratulatory mood about moving away from paper and toward electronic data capture (EDC)? Nope. For Ron Waife, president of Waife & Associates, it may be premature to ask John Williams to compose a symphony to celebrate the shift. Waife is simply not sure… more...

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Thursday News

Covance, Icon Earnings

May 01, 2008

General Dynamics Viz, a unit of the military contractor, debuted CoMotion Trials. It’s a collaborative decision-support tool that enables hundreds of researchers, analysts and managers to see, analyze, share and comment on the same data in the clinical trial process. The software integrates separate systems, displaying data in easily configurable… more...

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Medidata Buys Fast Track

Protocol Optimization and EDC

April 30, 2008

Want science with that? That question hangs over the recent acquisition of 35-employee Fast Track Systems by Medidata Solutions, a leading electronic data capture (EDC) vendor. The deal (but no price) was announced in March. It is an intriguing and potentially game-changing event in the clinical trial technology sector. The… more...

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Modern Data Monitoring

Lilly On EDC Changes

April 28, 2008

With the adoption of any new technology—from coal to lasers—lofty expectations are slowly eroded by the day-to-day reality of the technology in actual use. In the clinical trial landscape, the tool of the hour is electronic data capture (EDC). Is it helping? Is it making a difference? Jason Ridderikhoff, regional… more...

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EDC From Prelude Dynamics

April 22, 2008

There is scarcely a more tired phrase than “it’s not rocket science.” But what if electronic data capture were conceived as something that had to be as robust as the software to protect astronauts or Navy pilots? That seems to be the approach of Prelude Dynamics, a Texas startup with… more...

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Why Data Managers Can Lead

March 28, 2008

Outsource, outsource, outsource. It seems to be a mantra that has hit even clinical trials these days. The list of companies with significant data management outsourcing seems to keep growing. Wyeth, Eli-Lilly, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, to name a few. How is it that this situation has arisen? From a variety of… more...

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Fewer Features & Faster Setup

EDC, CTMS for Biotechs From ACS

March 26, 2008

It had been a while. Years, actually. But Bruce Schatzman, president and CEO of Advanced Clinical Software (ACS) seems to be doing even better than we expected. He started the firm back in 1993. In our last conversation, published here a long time ago, he wasn’t too worried about Oracle.… more...

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