Technology Solutions

TheVisualMD, Sermo partner on web's largest physicians community

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 04:48 PM

Sermo, an online community exclusive to physicians, and TheVisualMD, a producer of comprehensive, visual health content, are teaming up to provide doctors with content, enabling a more dynamic online experience for cross-disciplinary discussion and collaboration on key therapeutic areas and disease states.

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IMS Health acquires DecisionView

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 03:13 PM

IMS Health of Danbury, Conn., has acquired DecisionView, a San Francisco-based software solutions company that helps life sciences organizations plan and track patient enrollment for clinical trials around the world. DecisionView offers decision support tools to improve the speed, efficiency and performance of clinical trial planning and management.

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GE Healthcare launches Centricity EDI Services 5.4

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:15 AM

GE Healthcare IT has launched the newest version of Centricity EDI Services (5.4), a proven eligibility, claim and remittance clearinghouse for hospitals and physician practices.

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Genstar Capital to acquire ERT

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:24 AM

Philadelphia-based eResearch Technology, a technology-driven provider of health outcomes research services to sponsors and CROs, has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of Genstar Capital, a middle market private equity firm, for $8 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $400 million.

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UL acquires EduNeering

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 06:30 AM

Global safety science company UL has acquired EduNeering, a provider of compliance and training solutions for the life and health sciences sector, from educational and career service Kaplan.

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Mytrus rolls out informed consent iPad app

Monday, April 9, 2012 04:44 PM

Mytrus, a San Francisco-based clinical technology and services company, has launched an iPad application explaining informed consent prior to clinical trial patient enrollment.  

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FDA approves Lilly’s Amyvid to detect Alzheimer's

Monday, April 9, 2012 11:53 AM

The FDA has approved Amyvid, a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for brain imaging of beta-amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and other cognitive decline, according to Eli Lilly and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilly.

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U.K. launches clinical research datalink to improve research

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:54 AM

Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), an e-health secure research service, launched April 3, promising to help improve public health, quicken the development of new treatments for patients and attract investment in the U.K.’s life sciences sector and economy.

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1000 Genomes Project data available on Amazon Cloud

Monday, April 2, 2012 02:51 PM

The world's largest set of data on human genetic variation — produced by the international 1000 Genomes Project — is now publicly available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, the according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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BioClinica, Mirada partner for molecular image analysis

Monday, April 2, 2012 06:35 AM

Through a newly formed partnership, BioClinica, a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, will integrate Oxford-based Mirada Medical's XD3 software solution into its imaging core lab technology to enhance its PET capabilities and expertise for molecular imaging trials.

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