Should contract research organizations in a dicey economy explore a fixed price model—a departure from sacrosanct hourly billing rates? That's the heresy in this Life Science Leader article by Chris Porter, an executive at Clinipace. Porter observes that some lawyers, of all people, have been persuaded not to charge by the…more...

Dainippon Sumitomo chose the web-based version of the SAS Drug Development platform as an electronic repository for its regulatory data and documents. The drug development system handles both content management and analytical activities within the SAS environment. Here's a release. Kika Clinical Solutions, an electronic data capture supplier, reported strong growth…more...

Schulman Associates, a commercial institutional review board (IRB) is expanding its services into Canada and opening a Toronto office. The company will use its web-based system to manage documents for Canadian trials. "Now that our Canadian IRB is operational, Schulman can provide the same high quality review for Canadian research as…more...

Quintiles will use software from Cerner in an effort to minimize data transcription errors in late phase trials. Said Mark Hoffman, a VP at Cerner: “The Cerner Discover late phase platform reduces the time required to start late phase studies, provides sites with an easy-to-use system for compiling data and expedites…more...

DZS Software’s web-based clinical trial management software (CTMS) ClinPlus was selected by the medical device maker PhotoThera. The company plans to use ClinPlus in a clinical trial on a noninvasive transcranial laser energy therapy. “[W]e found the intuitive design of the system to be easy to navigate, which we felt eventually…more...

ProTrials announced that for the third consecutive year, its revenues qualified it for both the Inc. magazine list of the 5,000 fastest growing companies—and a top women-owned business list published by the San Jose Business Journal. Said CEO Jodi Andrews: “ProTrials’ recent business success was accomplished in large part due to…more...

Biomoda will expand an ongoing Phase II trial and add an observational component for the hypothetical post-approval time frame. "The ability to monitor study participants over the long term will no doubt result in a better medical outcome for them as well as provide invaluable data for Biomoda as we prepare…more...

Integrated Clinical Trial Services (ICTS) is offering a white paper on optimizing clinical sites. A British newspaper alleges there are serious neurological adverse events associated with GSK's new cervical cancer vaccine. The story provides no statistics on the proportion of complications that have been serious, but says more than 2,100 adverse…more...

Allen McClay, founder of Almac, has transferred part of his company into a biomedical philanthropic organization. Part of the charity's mission: fostering collaboration between academia and industry. Said McClay: "The McClay Foundation will fund projects which harness the energies of these two sectors to advance diagnosis and treatments for the prevention,…more...

E-diary firm Arrowhead Electronics is guaranteeing error-free, perfectly punctual projects. "Arrowhead has eliminated common causes of ePRO project failure such as requirements errors, study build delays, software customization errors, usability errors, non-compliance, obsolescence and data transmission errors," the firm notes. The Austin, Texas, firm's electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) website is giving…more...