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September 7, 2008
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.
Expert Author
CTMS Promise Vs. Reality
Bayer’s Rob Musterer discusses why current clinical trial management systems aren’t serving the industry.
A Tale Of Two CROs
Pfizer Tackles Clinical Efficiency
With impressive numbers, Pfizer’s Mike Collins talked about how the company is streamlining its clinical trial process.
Laminated Cards For Sites
Sanofi Aventis Tries Etiquette
In the third part of our series, a softer approach to win the hearts of clinician-investigators.
Master Service Agreements
Lilly Playing Favorites
In the second segment of our series on investigator relationship management, Lilly discusses plans to zero in on high-performing sites.
The high prominence of electronic data capture has obscured the importance of the clinical data management system (CDMS) and the clinical trial management system (CTMS). Neither is especially exciting or electrifying. That’s not our judgment. It’s obvious from the lack of investment or entrepreneurial activity in either the CTMS or… more...
Can a large pharma build a clinical data reporting system that employees will actually clamor to use? Wait. Back up. What is the ultimate objective for any system for clinical trial data? Is it to make a dramatic investment in something new (software) that embalms something old (a sea of… more...
It’s no secret that most Wall Street firms wrestle simultaneously with 1) signing up merger & acquisition customers and 2) objectively assessing the same companies that are merging. Value Line, on the other hand, just worries about 2). Which is why the company has a cult following despite the pricey… more...
Advanced Clinical Software (ACS) has joined the Clinical Research Forum IT Roundtable. The group brings together industry leaders in clinical research, including solution providers, to develop information technology strategies that benefit the field of clinical research at academic health centers. There’s not a ton of information about the Roundtable online,… more...
It’s the great challenge underneath every clinical trial: finding patients. Can technology help? Can the needle be moved? What role can electronic data capture (EDC) play in finding both patients—and managing the data around patient enrollment? New companies like DecisionView offer one approach with high-end statistics. But one of the… more...
Aptuit has updated its supply application to include new labeling functionality. Aptuit had previously acquired the integrated labeling solution called Clinicopia Suite. By implementing the labeling component of Clinicopia within Aptuit’s Clinical Packaging and Logistics facilities, Aptuit has achieved the first milestone in a multi-phase rollout of the entire Clinicopia… 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...
The troubled Paraxel-TeGenero clinical trial in London had some good news yesterday. Two patients hospitalized after taking a Phase I leukemia drug have been sent home. There are four other patients still hospitalized. One is in critical condition. The story is being ignored in U.S. media. In England, there are… more...
British and German police are considering criminal charges in the wake of a clinical trial gone awry in London. It’s not clear whether the target of such an investigation would be the sponsor of the trial, TeGenero AG, or the contract research organization (CRO) conducting it, Parexel International. Investors punished… more...
Fast Track Systems announced that Shire plc has selected TrialSpace Grants Manager and Crocas PBT for its global clinical trial planning and budgeting activities. Fast Track has industry-wide data on clinical trial costs, which it sells to sponsors of clinical trials. “Shire proactively seeks solutions that can assist us in… more...
