Technology Solutions

BioClinica Reports Flat Earnings, Adjusts 2010 EPS Guidance

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 01:07 PM

BioClinica’s first quarter 2010 earnings were flat compared with the same period 2009, with service revenues of $14.7 million. First quarter revenues last year were $14.5 million. Net income was $711,000, or $0.05 per diluted share, compared with $786,000, or $0.05 per diluted share for Q1 2009.

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ERT to Acquire Respiratory Diagnostics Core Lab for $81M

Friday, April 30, 2010 10:26 AM

EClinical provider eResearch Technology (ERT) entered into an agreement to purchase the research services division of CareFusion Corporation for $81 million in a deal set to close at the end of June.

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Oracle to Acquire Phase Forward for $685M

Friday, April 16, 2010 02:37 PM

Business software giant Oracle, already a player in the eClinical space, plans to acquire market leader Phase Forward in a deal valued at approximately $685 million—or $17 per share in cash.

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Chiltern Buys Stake in IRT Company

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 07:00 AM

UK-based contract research organization (CRO) Chiltern International is now a minority shareholder in San Francisco technology company endpoint Clinical, a company that provides integrated response technology (IRT) for clinical trials.

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Parexel Releases eClinical Platform for Late-Stage Clinical Trials

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 07:26 AM

Parexel, a CRO, released a new web-based platform to be used in late-phase clinical research to help users meet regulatory guidelines and ensure high quality data. The new product combines the expertise of Parexel’s existing Peri Approval Clinical Excellence (PACE) team with the eClinical capabilities of Perceptive Informatics, Parexel’s technology subsidiary. The platform allows for a variety of eClinical services, such as clinical trial management systems, electronic data capture, randomization and trial supply management, and electronic patient-reported outcomes, to be incorporated in late-phase studies.

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i3 Takes on PRO Measurement with QualityMetric Deal

Wednesday, April 7, 2010 07:00 AM

Ingenix, the parent company of pharmaceutical services company i3, added patient-reported outcomes (PRO) services to its portfolio with the recent acquisition of QualityMetric for an undisclosed amount.

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BioClinica Buys TranSenda, Adds CTMS to Service Offerings

Monday, April 5, 2010 06:52 AM

BioClinica continued to grow its burgeoning eClinical division with the acquisition of clinical trial management software (CTMS) company TranSenda for an estimated $2.5 million.

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Monitor for Hire Receives Patent for Clinical Trial Monitor Matching Service

Thursday, March 25, 2010 07:07 AM

Monitor for Hire, a service that connects sponsors to monitors for clinical trials, received a patent for a “Computer-Implemented System and Method for Matching Clinical Research Monitors with Clinical Research Sponsors,” by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Nextrials Gets CDISC Approval

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 08:47 AM

Nextrials, a clinical research software and services company, has been approved by the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) as one of 15 registered solutions providers. It is the only company offering an electronic data capture (EDC) product supporting the CDISC Healthcare Link Initiative.

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New York Hospital Uses Prepaid Cards to Pay Study Participants

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 06:54 AM

The Theresa & Eugene M. Lang Center for Research & Education—the clinical trial and research arm of New York Hospital Queens (NYHQ)—has replaced its paper-check payment system for clinical trial participants. Instead, patients who earn a stipend for participating in a clinical trial receive a Mastercard card preloaded with their allotted funds.

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