• Global Clinical Connect 2017 (GCC’17)

    Jul 3, 2017, 01:54 by Michael Croft
    LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - Nov 2, 2017 - Global Clinical Connect 2017The conference focuses on introducing pioneer technology, developing better patient engagement and collaborating strategies in clinical trials
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  • FDA Announces New Review Process for Orphan Drug Designation

    Jun 29, 2017, 12:40 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled a strategic plan to eliminate the agency’s existing orphan designation request backlog and ensure continued timely response to all new requests for designation with firm deadlines.
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  • Seniors Miss Out On Clinical Trials

    Jun 29, 2017, 10:19 by Michael Croft
    Kaiser Health News |  More than 60% of cancer patients are older adults - and that will rise to 70% by 2040. Yet seniors continue to be underrepresented in clinical trials, making it difficult to assess how treatments are likely to help or harm them.
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  • Medidata, Greenphire, dii, And More: News From June 2017

    Jun 28, 2017, 10:50 by Michael Croft

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | News, products, and partnerships from around the clinical trial and healthcare community including news from Medidata, Greenphire, dii, and more.

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  • BioreclamationIVT Deploys Zenoss to Monitor the Global IT Infrastructure That Manages Its Indispensable Biological Materials

    Jun 28, 2017, 10:28 by Michael Croft
    AUSTIN, TX - Jun 28, 2017 - Zenoss Inc., the leader in hybrid IT monitoring and analytics software, today announced that BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and services to life sciences and pharmaceutical companies, has selected Zenoss to monitor its IT network, applications, and the storage freezers and refrigerators critical to its business
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  • Certara Endows Professorship at the UF College of Pharmacy

    Jun 28, 2017, 09:30 by Michael Croft
    PRINCETON, NJ - Jun 28, 2017 - Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development and regulatory science, today announced that it has endowed a professorship at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy’s Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
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  • Quest Diagnostics And Walmart Partner To Offer Lab Testing Services In Stores

    Jun 27, 2017, 13:53 by Michael Croft
    Modern Healthcare |  Wal-Mart Stores will bring Quest Diagnostics' laboratory testing services to 15 Walmart locations in Florida and Texas by the end of the year. The partnership signals Walmart's continued expansion in the healthcare space.
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  • CISCRP Recognizes WIRB-Copernicus Group’s Support and Donation to Clinical Trial Awareness and Education

    Jun 27, 2017, 11:59 by Michael Croft
    BOSTON, MA - Jun 27, 2017 - The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP), an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to educating patients and the public about clinical research is pleased to thank and recognize WIRB-Copernicus Group® (WCG) for its recent support of CISCRP’s Medical Heroes 5K Run & Walk, held last week in Chicago, and its additional donation to CISCRP’s clinical research education and outreach programs
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  • Sequencing Healthy Patients Reveals That Many Carry Rare Genetic Disease Risks

    Jun 27, 2017, 09:33 by Michael Croft
    Bio-IT World |  In a new paper published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, along with collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine, report the results of the 4 year, NIH-funded MedSeq Project, the first-ever randomized trial conducted to examine the impact of whole genome sequencing in healthy primary care patients.
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  • Rho Celebrates 10th Annual Smile Train Triathlon, Surpasses Goal of $300,000

    Jun 26, 2017, 13:52 by Michael Croft
    CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Jun 27, 2017 - For Immediate Release   Rho Celebrates 10th Annual Smile Train Triathlon, Surpasses Goal of $300,000 Rho CEO Russ Helms is Eight-time Triathlete, Born with Cleft Lip and Palate Chapel Hill, NC  ̶  June 25, 2017  ̶  Rho, a Chapel Hill-based full-service contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a complete range of product development services, today helped mark the 10th annual Smile Train Triathlon as Title Sponsor of the event
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  • Reaxys Accesses MilliporeSigma’s Vast Chemistry Portfolio for Seamless Customer Experience

    Jun 26, 2017, 11:37 by Michael Croft
    NEW YORK, NY - Jun 26, 2017 - Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced a new partnership with MilliporeSigma, the life science business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, to integrate its chemical products into Reaxys, Elsevier’s premier chemistry database
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  • 83% of Life Science Leaders Believe Blockchain will be Adopted Within Five Years, Finds Survey from The Pistoia Alliance

    Jun 26, 2017, 06:11 by Michael Croft
    BOSTON, MA - Jun 26, 2017 - The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not for profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D is calling on the pharmaceutical and technology industries to support greater collaboration around blockchain initiatives
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  • News And Notes From 2017 DIA Conference

    Jun 23, 2017, 12:20 by Michael Croft

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | The 2017 Drug Information Association Conference took place this week in Chicago, Illinois. More than 8,000 professionals in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device communities from more than 50 countries around the globe attended the conference, promoting new products and partnerships.

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  • inSeption Group Adds Industry Veteran As Director Of Quality Assurance

    Jun 22, 2017, 11:50 by Michael Croft
    LANSDALE, PA, UNITED STATES - Jun 22, 2017 - Dawn Niccum is the new Director of Quality Assurance at inSeption Group, an organization changing the outsourcing paradigm by providing a unique approach and an alternative solution to clinical research outsourcing
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  • Opargo Partners With athenahealth's “More Disruption Please” Program

    Jun 22, 2017, 11:05 by Michael Croft

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | ​Opargo today announced a partnership with athenahealth through athenahealth’s “More Disruption Please” program, making Opargo part of the athenahealth Marketplace. The partnership hopes to optimize healthcare practices, health systems, and surgery centers.

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  • BioreclamationIVT and Qualyst Partner to Market Transporter Certified™ Hepatocytes

    Jun 22, 2017, 09:27 by Michael Croft
    WESTBURY, NY - Jun 22, 2017 - BioreclamationIVT, a leading provider of biospecimens and related services, today announced that it is partnering with Qualyst Transporter Solutions, LLC (Qualyst) to market Transporter Certified™ cryopreserved human hepatocytes
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  • Daiichi Sankyo Selects Deloitte's ConvergeHEALTH Safety To Transform And Upgrade Global Drug Safety Platform

    Jun 21, 2017, 15:30 by Michael Croft

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Deloitte has announced the debut of a global initiative to launch an innovative integrated solution for the pharmacovigilance capabilities of Daiichi Sankyo.

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  • Bioz Launches Partner Program for Life Science Tool Vendors

    Jun 20, 2017, 12:20 by Michael Croft
    PALO ALTO, CA, UNITED STATES - Jun 20, 2017 - Bioz, Inc., developers of the world’s first search engine for life science experimentation, today announced the formal launch of the Bioz Partner Program
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  • Pamplona Capital To Take Parexel Private For $4.5 Billion

    Jun 20, 2017, 10:40 by Michael Croft
    The New York Times |  U.S. pharmaceutical research services provider Parexel International Corp said on Tuesday it would be taken private by Pamplona Capital Management LLP in a $4.5 billion deal.
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  • A New Start For Study Start-Up

    Jun 20, 2017, 09:40 by Michael Croft

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Complexity in the study start-up process is causing the life sciences industry to consider ways of optimizing the relationship between sponsor and CRO. Here are the steps one top 10 global pharma company took to redefine its vendor model.

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