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July 24, 2008

CDASH Webinar Tomorrow

Carbonic e-Case Report Forms

Rhonda Facile of CDISC talks about the CDASH effort to standardize case report forms. The first public release is due soon. 

CDISC, PointCross, Chiltern

Wednesday News Briefs

News bulletins for 10 October 2007

When Speed Means Slow

Rozwell on Data Standards (Podcast #1)

Gartner distinguished analyst Carol Rozwell talks about drug safety, contract research organizations, data mining and other topics related to CDISC standards.

Avandia, etrials, FDA on e-CRFs

News Briefs

News for Tuesday, May 22.

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CDASH Webinar Tomorrow

Carbonic e-Case Report Forms

February 13, 2008

By Mark Uehling

The good news is: cloning works. The catch? You have to rethink your most cherished and convoluted case report forms (CRF). Barely two years ago, CDISC president Becky Kush, the well-travelled and uber-diplomatic Henry Kissinger of the clinical trial realm,…

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CDISC, PointCross, Chiltern

Wednesday News Briefs

October 10, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

According to Gary Buehler, director of the FDA’s Office of Generic Drugs (OGD), pharmaceutical companies should be developing the capabilities to submit common technical document (CTD) applications electronically, or should utilize eCTD applications. Although submitting both new drug applications (NDAs)…

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When Speed Means Slow

Rozwell on Data Standards (Podcast #1)

August 29, 2007

By Mark Uehling

The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) does not want for savvy high-energy volunteers or high-profile member organizations. For evidence of that, just hang out at CDISC’s user meeting, which is coming up in October. There’s just one problem. Using…

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Avandia, etrials, FDA on e-CRFs

News Briefs

May 22, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

GlaxoSmithKline took a bullet from the anti-industry New England Journal of Medicine, which did a meta-analysis of data about the GSK diabetes drug Avandia. The Cleveland Clinic’s Steve Nissen calculates Avandia to raise the odds of cardiovascular-related death by 64…

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Marketing Coup

CDISC Certifies ClinPhone & XClinical

April 30, 2007

By Mark Uehling

The honor system didn’t work, it seems. Last week, the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Organization (CDISC) officially certified two vendors (as far as we can tell) as compliant with the operational data model (ODM). ClinPhone and XClinical are both European…

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Clinipace, INC Research

News Briefs

April 26, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Clinipace, a clinical research software company focusing on clinical trials and patient registries, has announced the launch of its Empowered Partner Program (EPP). In response to the industry’s need for highly configurable clinical software, Clinipace is offering small and medium-sized…

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Sand In The Gears

The Clinical Data Life Cycle

April 23, 2007

By Mark Uehling

We’re wearing our flame-retardant pants today, just in case anyone sends an email our way. Wayne, Pennsylvania’s Octagon Research recently purchased Ninaza, a financially troubled electronic data capture (EDC) company in California. Ninaza had specialized in registries and post-approval trials.…

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Electronic Health Records at DIA

Miners? Scientists? You Decide

April 03, 2007

By Mark Uehling

There are great hopes but more than a little uncertainty around whether the pharmaceutical industry will ever have the technical means or the political latitude to mine troves of data in electronic health records. Some people point to pilot projects…