Clinipace, a provider of electronic data capture, announced ten new contracts collectively valued at more than $1 million. The North Carolina firm estimates it can offer cost savings of 30-50 percent compared to what more established competitors charge. “We are committed to serving the needs of emerging and mid-tier biopharmaceutical…more...

Mission3 announced a major new release of its internet-based project and document management tool. The company’s software now supports non-eCTD Submissions such as 510ks, PMAs, combination products and/or study reports. The press release notes web-based authoring of scientific documents. The pricing is $2,900/month with no other setup or IT fees.…more...

Nextrials hired replacements for two key executives. Anthony Costello and Robert Lyons left the California electronic data capture (EDC) firm earlier this year. Now Robert Barr is coming in as chief technology officer; he is a former VP of software engineering for ClinPhone, which has just been acquired by Parexel.…more...

Clinical suite DataTrak International is suing executives who came aboard as part of the ClickFind acquisition. DataTrak alleges that the sellers in that $18 million transaction misrepresented their authority to sell their own software, which (unbeknownst to DataTrak) had already been licensed to a contract research organization, Emissary. That licensing…more...

SAFE-BioPharma and the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) have announced they will collaborate to advance the electronic exchange of information across the global biopharmaceutical and health care communities. Specifically, the two groups are developing a specification to enable the CDISC operational data model (ODM) to accept SAFE digital signatures…more...

Quintiles will double the size of a regional headquarters in Singapore and raise its profile in Asia. “Quintiles is the largest and fastest growing clinical development group in Asia,” said Dennis Gillings, chairman and CEO. “Since entering the region in the 1990s, we have built a strong staff of 2,800…more...

Texas-based Pharm-Olam International said net service revenue grew by 47 percent for the first half of 2008. The private company didn’t release any dollar amounts. Said Iain Gordon, VP of global business development: “We are on track for another year of record sales. We have the largest global spread of…more...

Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening may be complicated by aspirin and other pain relievers. So says Reuters. A recent study of 1,319 men suggests men taking painkillers had 10 percent lower PSA levels. With eyes wide, the Wall Street Journal medical blog has discovered ... electronic data capture (EDC). Which is…more...

Praxis released a new version of its patient recruitment software, with enhanced views and reports available via an internet portal. Says the company: “PraxisDirect 2.0 collects Praxis pre-qualified candidate data through the centralized recruitment center, as well as integrates data from sponsors IVRS/CTMS systems.” Here’s a release. MDS Pharma reported…more...

Bridge Laboratories announced that the FDA accepted data submitted from its Beijing facility on behalf of a U.S. biotech client. The Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) nonhuman primate toxicology data was submitted last month as part of an IND package. Bridge’s Beijing facility was built to conduct GLP studies in support…more...