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October 6, 2008
Helping clinical trial professionals get the most out of EDC systems, Paula McHale says, requires paying more attention to training.
How to take the technology to the next level? ClinPhone’s David Stein weighs in. The first of a five-part series.
Consultant Ron Waife of Waife & Associates discusses what eclinical means and why it matters.
A new combination of firms has alluring possibilities for refining clinical protocols.
Lilly discusses how data management is changing in the era of electronic data capture.
A Texas entrant to the sector has roots in the aerospace and defense industries
Bayer’s Rob Musterer reflects on a widening mission for the data manager.
Say you spent a lot of money on the latest and greatest electronic data capture (EDC) solution, and the software purveyors came out and set it up and put your staff through training for a day or two, and then ... shook your hand and disappeared. Now what? What to… more...
As one of the more established companies providing electronic data capture (EDC), Phase Forward has only a handful of competitors of similar size and an impressive list of major customers. Just recently, Lilly announced it would be extending its use of Phase Forward’s InForm software. But it can be hard… more...
Jules Mitchel might be a good source to consult if you doubt the continents of services and technology are tectonically colliding. With his wife, Joyce, Mitchel runs Target Health, a small New York contract research organization (CRO) that has always been keenly interested in building its own technology—both for the… more...
Is the industry ready to handle digital images by the gigabyte, linking them to other clinical trial data as a matter of routine? Bio-Imaging must have considered that question when buying Phoenix Data Systems for $24 million earlier this year, as did Parexel International when luring image czar George Mills… more...
Aris Global, a provider of safety and regulatory solutions, announced the general release of agXchange IRT 6.0, a web-based solution for handling adverse event information in different formats. IRT stands for inbound receipt and triage. “Aris Global is committed to the extended electronic exchange gateway as the way organizations can… more...
In another burst of news from the Drug Information Association conference this week, Octagon Research Solutions announced a way to connect output from data collection into the regulatory submission process. The firm’s electronic data capture (EDC) system and its process and document management solution are the foundation for a boundary-bursting… more...
All industries, and all technologies, pass through distinct levels of complexity. The use of the automobile between 1940 and 1970 was transformed by the sheer size and scope of the interstate highway system. Similarly, in the life sciences industry, the rising prevalence of electronic data capture (EDC) will demand that… more...