Thursday News

$100M CRO Investment Spree

December 13, 2007

By info@clinpage.com

Jim Walker, chairman and CEO of clinical and regulatory systems firm Octagon Research Solutions, announced that it has completed the conversion of electronic clinical study data to CDISC’s Study Data Tabulation Model (SDTM) format in over 100 studies across eight…

Clinical Data Repositories

Laszlo Tackles The Future, Part II

October 10, 2007

By Mark Uehling

Yesterday, in a separate story, we talked with consultant George Laszlo about clinical data repository (CDR) functionality and terminology. This article is more forward-looking, and mentions some choices and long-term benefits for a CDR. Laszlo thinks the industry should ponder…

Clinical Data Repositories

Laszlo Tackles The Future, Part I

October 09, 2007

By Mark Uehling

Is the data-handling part of the pharmaceutical industry being inexact in its use of some key terms? Is it preparing intelligently for the future? Consultant George Laszlo wonders. On the terminology front, he says sheer sloppiness is obscuring some of…

Data Capture Switch?

Pfizer Picks ... Cardiff?

April 04, 2007

By Mark Uehling

A largely cryptic news release from a relatively unknown (in the U.S.) firm, Cardiff, has won the company’s “data capture” business. To quote the release: “Cardiff, a division of Autonomy Corporation and leading provider of intelligent document solutions, today announced…