Technology Solutions

Wolters Kluwer Health launches apps

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 01:08 PM

Wolters Kluwer Health, a global provider of information and point-of-care solutions for the healthcare industry, has launched two specialized mobile applications of Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Handbook, a drug reference for nurses. Designed for use with iPad and iPhone, these apps are the industry’s first electronic references for nurses to focus on drugs used in oncology and psychiatry. Both are subsets of the Nursing Drug Handbook app, which provides access to current drug information for nurses.

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Study Scavenger, CenterWatch partner to widen reach

Wednesday, August 14, 2013 01:07 PM

Study Scavenger, the first bilingual smartphone app to allow patients to search for clinical research studies that meet their health, travel and financial needs, and CenterWatch are partnering to provide sponsors, CROs, research centers and patients a mobile solution to clinical trial needs. 

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Roche launches GS FLX+ System software update

Monday, August 12, 2013 03:37 PM

Roche has launched a software update that extends the range of amplicon lengths available for targeted next-generation sequencing studies on the 454 GS FLX+ System. The latest software enables sequencing of amplicons up to 800bp while maintaining >99% accuracy over the length of the read.

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CollabRx launches clinical cancer sequencing commercial service

Monday, August 12, 2013 01:17 PM

CollabRx, a data analytics company focused on informing clinical decision making in molecular medicine, has launched the Genetic Variant Annotation (GVA) service. The service is a new product and the company's first offering for the clinical laboratory market. CollabRx will provide GVA to the molecular diagnostic segment of the clinical laboratory market, which includes reference laboratories, hospital laboratories, research institutions and laboratories within academic medical centers.

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Daiichi Sankyo extends Medidata use to China

Monday, August 5, 2013 11:53 AM

Japan-based pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo is expanding its use of Medidata Solutions' cloud-based platform to support clinical trials conducted by its division in China, an investment expected to streamline trial activities, improve the efficiency of data capture and increase the productivity of site users and clinical monitors. Daiichi Sankyo will bring Medidata's applications for electronic data capture, clinical data management and randomization and trial supply management to its expanding clinical work in China.

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Certara launches Cardiac Safety Simulator

Thursday, August 1, 2013 09:30 AM

St. Louis-based Certara, a provider of software and scientific consulting services to improve productivity and decision-making from drug discovery through drug development, has launched its Cardiac Safety Simulator (CSS), based on an in-silico model of human ventricular heart cells.

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Quanterix launches Simoa Single Molecule Array technology

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:53 AM

Quanterix, a company focused on high definition diagnostics, has launched its Single Molecule Array (Simoa) technology, making it commercially available for the first time on a fully automated platform for research use only. Simoa enables life science researchers to explore biomarkers and pathways with greater sensitivity and precision, allowing the development of new diagnostic tests and improved treatment of diseases in oncology, neurology and cardiology.

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Retroscreen Virology purchases ALPHADAS

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:43 AM

Retroscreen Virology Group, a virology healthcare company, has purchased the ALPHADAS clinical trials software suite to accelerate and reduce the cost of bringing anti-viral drugs, diagnostics and vaccines to market.

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HealthCarePoint and ViS Research streamline sharing of researcher qualifications

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 01:26 PM

Austin, Texas-based HealthCarePoint  and ViS Research will connect platforms to improve cost-efficiency in clinical research. The partnership will allow clinical trial planners to quickly access clinical research professionals’ Personal Experience and Training (PET) records through the ViS platform and give clinical research sites access to human resource management systems hosted by HealthCarePoint at no cost.

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CRF Health enhances its eCOA solutions

Tuesday, July 30, 2013 09:30 AM

CRF Health, an electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) solutions provider based in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., has announced several innovative enhancements to its TrialMax eCOA solutions. 

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