The majority of electronic patient-reported outcome data (ePRO) in the pharmaceutical industry, we would venture, are collected on devices and software running on Palm. That’s a reflection of the industry’s assessment of Palm’s superior design. They are superbly easy devices to use. With the tap of a stylus or finger,…more...
A key developer of tools for interactive voice response systems has resolved its differences with industry giant ClinPhone. The pact was announced last week, and got buried in our inbox. Reading between the lines, and delving into other press releases on the HTS website, it looks the 2003 exclusive arrangement…more...
In its largest e-diary project, etrials announced it would be assisting a top ten pharma with seven related Phase III studies in seven nations. The project will be wireless. The North Carolina clinical technology suite company will use a Windows handheld device, not a Palm. A pioneer in combining patient-reported…more...
Now that the general appeal of the electronic patient diary is clear, the companies peddling them are focusing on arranging the finest digital accessories. Some of those are wireless or Bluetooth-enabled spirometers and other devices that record physiological data about patients in ordinary life. But some are less tangible. We’re…more...
Business at PHT is brisk. The private company doesn’t release financial data, but did issue a press release about its recent quarter. Its solution was selected by 10 biopharmaceutical companies for use in a record 26 new studies worldwide. The company, as one might expect, does its best to track…more...
Palm will have significantly lower revenues and earnings due to a delay in the delivery of a new handheld, the Treo 750. The company stock dropped as a result. “Palm currently expects revenue to be in the range of $390 million to $395 million for the second quarter of fiscal…more...
Most sponsors of clinical trials have two principal spigots (and sometimes many more) to turn. Not for cold and hot water, but for systems for electronic data capture (EDC) and interactive voice response (IVR). Almac Clinical Technologies is hoping to combine those two spigots into one. “We hope to be…more...
Handheld computer leader Palm is under attack. All Palms, Treos and Tungsten devices are potentially affected by the suit, which covers 7 patents held by NTP. Earlier this year, the Richmond, Virginia-based NTP won $613 million from Research in Motion (RIM), the Canadian maker of the BlackBerry. The NTP-RIM mess…more...
How does the FDA want sponsors to handle patient-reported outcome data? That question is looming over every company that ponders whether a paper diary or some other approach is warranted. PHT offered a webinar on patient reported outcomes (PRO) just a few weeks ago that we regret to have missed.…more...
ClinPhone will establish its first office in Australia. The doors are expected to open on October 31, 2006. ClinPhone says Australia has a number of centers of research excellence and research activity, particularly the Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane areas. In addition to going public in London this year, the…more...
January 8, 2009
PHT offers a new Windows device from HP for recording patient experiences.
With a sleek computer for sites, the Pittsburgh firm offers a larger canvas for electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO).
Ed Tourtellotte says slow, customized randomization is holding back the industry.
Two top firms, each specializing in different approaches to gathering patient experiences, will partner to help sponsors find the right technology.
At a user meeting later this month, invivodata will unveil a new device from a company other than Palm.
Using a tablet PC and the Apple phone, assiTek says larger screens can be helpful to science and sites.
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