Technology Solutions

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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Eli Lilly expands its outsourcing partnership with i3 Statprobe

Tuesday, September 28, 2010 07:40 AM

Expanding the outsourcing support of its clinical trials, Eli Lilly is transferring U.S. medical writing and biostatistical services to i3 Statprobe, a move that expands the business relationship formed between the two companies in 2008 when Lilly transferred the majority of its domestic data management activities to i3.

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Four clinical research firms become one global services organization to target niche areas

Monday, September 20, 2010 07:18 AM

Four small and mid-sized clinical research service companies—Averion International, Trio Clinical Research, Fulcrum Pharma and Clin-Research/ADDPLAN—have merged into one global biopharmaceutical and medical device development services organization that will focus on niche areas, including adaptive trials and new technologies, which can help sponsors make decisions about their drug candidates faster.

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Alzheimer’s Association launches TrialMatch

Monday, August 9, 2010 07:25 AM

In an effort to help fulfill an urgent need for clinical trials patients, the
Alzheimer’s Association has spent $1.2 million to create TrialMatch. Launched in mid-July, the phone and online system aims to match Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers to ongoing clinical trials.

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