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March 16, 2010
What Would Dennis Do?
7 Questions: Parexel-ClinPhone Deal
The ramifications of a deal that may never come to pass.
Enterprise EDC Deal
Medidata On Wyeth Win
The EDC giant talks about the meaning of the Wyeth decision and where the EDC market is headed.
Tough Times
Quarterly Finances at etrials
Revenues are up, but etrials says it is reorganizing its strategy, with new sales staff and attention to service.
Four Cases Done, One Left
DataTrak Wins EDC Patent Case
In the latest installment of patent lawsuits roiling the electronic data capture industry, it’s not clear if the tussle is winding to a close.
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Little is known. But what’s there is tantalizing. Parexel International has offered to buy ClinPhone. ClinPhone has rebuffed the overture for now. Matters may go no farther. A merger of the two firms, now hypothetical, would change the conventional wisdom about…
Were they dating? Engaged? It appears Wyeth and Medidata Solutions have been married for some time, at least from hints about “eleven months” of using electronic data capture in the news release that posted yesterday. This week’s formal announcement is a…
“It’s a ride, ride, ride, and there ain’t much cover.” That Bruce Springsteen lyric came to mind as we were listening to the etrials call with financial analysts last week. On the face of it, it should have been a fine…
After 18 months of jostling and three victories, Datasci lost a patent lawsuit against DataTrak, a Cleveland, Ohio electronic data capture (EDC) company. “Under the terms of the settlement agreement, no payment is required and Datasci has agreed to dismiss its…
We dislike the phrase “tipping point.” It’s been overused to the point of meaninglessness. Malcolm Gladwell’s excellent book isn’t the problem. “Tipping point” should be retired, at least after we borrow its mojo ... just this once. If the story of…
Phase Forward reported another apparently effortless quarter of double-digit growth. Revenues for the company’s fourth quarter were $30 million, up 28 percent. The company was profitable during the quarter, with GAAP income from operations pegged at $2.9 million, compared to a…
