Clinical data management is not really an endangered species. But it is threatened. That’s because some companies believe that massive, traditional systems to manage clinical trial data could be made obsolete by electronic data capture (EDC) tools that do some of the same tasks. An Asian contract research organization (CRO)…more...

Oracle is buying Sunopsis, a firm that specializes in data integration. The company is based in Burlington, Mass., near Oracle’s pharmacuetical division. Sunopsis customers in pharma include Aventis, Lilly, Pfizer and Roche. In its latest acquisition, for which no price was disclosed, the database giant did say that the new…more...

The New York Times has a nice piece on the political mess around the nomination of FDA head Andrew von Eschenbach, who’s been doing the job for a year. During the 6 years of the Bush administration, the NYT points out, the FDA has had a confirmed leader for 18…more...

OmniComm Systems, out of Florida, signed up a customer in Mountain View, California. Broncus Technologies will use OmniComm’s systems for both electronic data capture (EDC) and clinical trial management (CTM). “With TrialMaster, we have the ability to practically eliminate the data visibility gap that occurs with paper-based trials. Utilizing the…more...

XClinical of Germany, developer of the Marvin system for electronic data capture (EDC), is working on a 6-year colon cancer trial. The technology was chosen by Signature Diagnostics, which develops lab tests. Philippe Verplancke, XClinical’s CEO points out: “Two particular factors make Marvin ideal for this cancer trial: long term…more...

The post-approval market is heating up. Clinipace, of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, announced its newest client, Medical Carbon Research Institute (MCRI). MCRI is a biomaterials and medical device manufacturer in Austin, Texas, and will use Clinipace’s clinical data capture and trial management technology, Tempo, to run a Phase IV…more...

etrials revenue rose 7 percent, to $14 million. The company recorded a loss for the 2005 year. Among other tidbits, the latest financial statement shows that etrials paid $420,000 to settle a lawsuit with PHT, an electronic patient diary company. The company has working capital of $20 million and predicts…more...

Afferenz, a leading Indian e-clinical software suite company, announced the appointment of David Olson and Daniel Weddle to its sales team. Olson brings more than 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry to his role at Afferenz focusing on pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sponsors. Olson…more...

The contract research organization (CRO) Clinsys has picked DataLabs technology. Clinsys will use DataLabs tools for data management and site setup and management. “We are extremely pleased that DataLabs came into the market to provide state-of-the-art data management and clinical trial management systems at a cost that is affordable to…more...

Phoenix Data Systems has created an interactive voice response system from scratch and integrated it with its EDC offering. PDS IVR, as the new product is called, enables trial sponsors to rapidly implement and effectively configure FDA-compliant trials that combine IVR and EDC. The system also helps to manage multi-site,…more...