Study Conduct

Prize4Life launches PRO-ACT, largest ALS trials database ever created

Friday, December 7, 2012 10:42 AM

Prize4Life, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating discovery of treatments and a cure for ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease), launched the PRO-ACT (Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials) database, the largest ALS clinical trial database ever created.

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PharmaVigilant releases I-Accountability to enhance traceability of drug inventory

Friday, December 7, 2012 02:33 AM

PharmaVigilant, a software developer based in Westborough, Mass., has released I-Accountability, a drug accountability system that efficiently tracks and controls drug inventory and randomization.

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OHE releases new study on pharmaceutical R&D costs

Monday, December 3, 2012 01:33 PM

The Office of Health Economics has released a comprehensive study of the cost of R&D for new medicines. It reviews research published over the last three decades, which shows an increase in costs from $199 million per new medicine in the 1970s to $1.9 billion in the 2000s. An OHE costs analysis based on new data for 1998-2002 agrees with comparable analyses for the same time period.

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CRA enters strategic alliance with Quintiles

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:42 AM

Tempe, Ariz.-based Clinical Research Advantage (CRA), a community-based network of clinical trial sites, has entered into a strategic agreement  with CRO Quintiles to facilitate a higher level of clinical trial participation with an emphasis on safety, improved study efficiencies and quality data.

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QPS expands phase I clinic in the Netherlands

Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:31 AM

QPS Holdings has completed a 24-bed annex to its phase I clinic at the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands, bringing to 58 its bed capacity for the conduct of first-in-man and early-phase research on novel and complex therapeutic agents.

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Janssen R&D establishes global cross-pharma clinical trial Investigator Databank

Monday, November 19, 2012 10:18 AM

Janssen Research & Development, based in Raritan, N.J., has established a global cross-pharmaceutical Investigator Databank designed to improve efficiencies of industry-sponsored clinical trials. Merck and Eli Lilly are the first two companies to join Janssen in this effort.

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Greenphire chosen for long-term global trial

Wednesday, November 7, 2012 09:17 AM

King of Prussia, Penn.-based Greenphire, a provider of payment technologies for the clinical trials industry, said its ClinCard Technology Platform has been chosen for use in a large, phase III clinical trial to include more than 1,000 patients across six countries. The trial is expected to last more than five years. 

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MMG, Remedy Health to bolster clinical trial enrollment

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 03:46 PM

MMG, a global health communications company specializing in clinical trial patient recruitment and retention, has formed an exclusive partnership with Remedy Health Media, a health information and technology company, to deliver unique access to a larger pool of qualified potential clinical trial participants.

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Clinical research sites honor Eli Lilly, Medpace with Eagle Awards

Monday, October 15, 2012 11:57 AM

The 2012 Eagle Awards, presented to the top sponsor and top CRO as voted by clinical research sites, honored Eli Lilly and Medpace on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the annual Site Solutions Summit.

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Society for Clinical Research Sites launches as voice of site community in shaping research enterprise

Sunday, October 14, 2012 07:00 AM

Clinical research sites now have their first-ever trade group.

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