Technology Solutions

inVentiv Health buys i3 divisions, Campbell Alliance, allowing it to compete with CRO industry’s big players

Monday, January 31, 2011 08:00 AM

Ingenix, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that provides health care information to the managed care and drug development sectors, is selling off its clinical trial management and contract research services. Those holdings include i3 Research, i3 Statprobe and i3 Pharma Resourcing. 

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NEWMEDS creates largest pool of international clinical trial data to advance psychiatric drug research

Tuesday, January 18, 2011 12:19 PM

An international consortium of pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions has created a massive database of clinical data that researchers hope can lead to better treatments for schizophrenia and depression.

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Sponsors must consider the challenges as well as advantages when moving trials to emerging markets

Monday, January 10, 2011 07:00 AM

As drug sponsors increasingly look to emerging markets for greater patient access and lower trial costs, they must also consider the potential disadvantages of moving operations to a developing country when choosing the best location for a clinical trial, according to new research from Cutting Edge Information.

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Report: Drug discovery industry must embrace open source innovation to speed process, boost bottom lines

Monday, January 3, 2011 07:30 AM

To meet the challenges of research and development, the pharmaceutical industry must adopt more open source innovation—a concept that has been used for nearly three decades by the information technology sector—to promote innovation in the drug discovery process and boost bottom lines, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.

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Via Science creates predictive models to help sponsors better use complex research data

Monday, December 6, 2010 07:16 AM

New “big data” analytics company Via Science will market technology that allows drug sponsors to use the massive amount of complex data generated in research when making decisions about their drug development candidates and strategies.

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The CenterWatch Monthly December 2010

Monday, November 29, 2010 12:30 PM

Pessimism and instability defining the clinical research workforce

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MyClin offers virtual communities for sponsors, CROs, sites to stay connected during trials

Monday, November 29, 2010 09:00 AM

At the investigator meeting prior to the start of a clinical trial, principal investigators and their staffs sit together to hear the sponsor explain the protocol and to ask questions. Everyone socializes over snacks or a meal, connecting faces to names and discussing the ins and outs of the trial.

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BioClinica stockholder calls for executives to resign, as CEO says new eclinical push still ramping up

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 09:06 AM

White-hot controversy has been brewing between the imaging-focused CRO/eclinical company BioClinica and one of its investors, Nicusa Capital.

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Goodwyn IRB launches “site university” to apply good clinical practices to real-life situations

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 07:50 AM

In the 11 years since she founded Cincinnati-based Goodwyn IRB, Ellen Kelso says she’s noticed a great deal of non-compliance among investigators on the trials she’s overseen. Those making the mistakes had good clinical practices (GCP) training, but they somehow weren’t able to apply it to real-life situations in the course of a trial, she said.

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Nonprofit group takes its cue from online gaming to find innovative ways to speed medical research

Tuesday, October 5, 2010 07:47 AM

The hyper-intense focus and problem-solving prowess of a person playing an online game can be a thing of beauty. But can that focus be harnessed to speed up the drug development process?

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